Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bed Downgrade (In a good way)

Tyler is now in an open bassinet! It's the same clear plastic tub that Rachel spent her first 2 nights in. No temp-control, no built-in humidity. It doesn't even have an electrical plug. There is also talk of moving to the carpet today. There are three areas in the unit. Critical, chronic, and long term. Critical has tile and the other two are carpeted. Tyler is still considered critical because of his head, but he is no longer on a ventilator, or connected to any IV's so he is able to move to long-term if space is available.

As for his head. The Neurosurgeon would like to have a shunt installed before July 4th. They keep throwing in the "If he still needs it" in casual conversation but reading the clinical reports that is a real long-shot. They will tap if he gets the symptoms back before we get there.

1 comment:

MyasAttic said...

Sharron and ben,

we wanted to say that we are so happy to see the tyler is doing well. we both think of all of you all the time. we miss and love you lots.

love always

kate and justin.