Good morning-
Boy is it nice to get an extra hour of sleep (I hope everyone changed their clocks back)! Well anyway, I am doing well. I've had my stents out for five days now and I feel much better. It's very nice not having to breathe through those straws anymore. The docs tried to extubate me on Wednesday and I dropped quickly - so in went the tube again. On Friday, I had a pulminary scope and found out that I have malesia in my upper airway (malesia means floppiness, it just colapses when I try to take a breath). No wonder I was having so much trouble.
So, I'm getting a trach on Tuesday and I just need to grow and build up those muscles over time. I just know that I will feel like a whole new baby once I get the trach. I just have to be very, very careful about not getting sick (especially during these winter months when bugs run rampid). But, we think that once I get the trach, I can be weaned off the ventilator and all I'll need to be hooked up to is a misting colar.
Then, my next mission will be eating! Mommy and daddy think they will definitely have me home for Chirstmas though... what a nice present for all of us.
Take care everyone. Lots of love!
Ben
www.BenRusso.com
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