Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n
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Week 4, I cannot believe it.<\/p>\n
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I look back at the last blog and it seems a like a lifetime ago. So much happens in our \u00a0lives in such a short period of time.<\/p>\n
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Nic…well he is told the goals as we go along and he blows them out of the water\u00a0consistently.<\/p>\n
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On Monday Nic did have his swallow test, a barrium type drink and bread with barrium paste (OMG)…it glows through an xray and went exactly where it was supose to go…into his throat and not his lungs. \u00a0He was awarded with a much anticipatedvanilla milkshake from McDonalds. He had 2 tastes of it, then a long sleep.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday March 7th we where kicked out of Intensive Care. The nurses and Doctors where very happy to see us leave…they where all so wonderful behind those big closed doors.<\/p>\n
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The ventilator has been off since last Friday and he is doing \u00a0very well. We heard his voice the last couple of days in ICU by putting our finger over his trache hole. I got an “I love you mom”, and he asked Mitchell, “Where is my Dr. Pepper?”<\/p>\n
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He was moved into a step down room with 4 beds and 2 nurses. He was there for Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n
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So he can eat! Woohoo..then he tasted the hospital food, that was not a hit.:( \u00a0So momma made her way to the new Loblaws at the Maple Leaf Center! Crazy cool place…and we cook for him now. Now it’s a balance of him eating and until he eats enough (or has an appetite) \u00a0and they continue top him up through his feeding tube.<\/p>\n
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They corked him Friday, which means he has a cap over his\u00a0trache\u00a0and that allows air to travel up into his mouth, nose and voice box. He talks now all the time. It’s a good thing really…no really \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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On Friday night they moved him to his final room. 4 beds 1 nurse and a nurse in training.<\/p>\n
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Time to get outta here.<\/p>\n
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In order to apply to Lyndhurst Spinal Cord Rehabilation, we have to be corked for 48 hours (Ok done that) have the trache out (this week) and start eating more.<\/p>\n
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Tomorrow they will assess his tracheotomy site and perhaps take it out all together. If not tomorrow, this week sometime.<\/p>\n
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We as always will figure it out…and we will always be together. <3<\/p>\n
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But right now I have to take Nic outside for a stroll…it’s beautiful in Toronto Today!<\/p>\n
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Warmly,<\/p>\n
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Tammy<\/p>\n
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