At Home for the Second Time

It’s been a few days since we were able to come back home thankfully.

After Hudson’s catheterization on Saturday evening, everyone was watching him to see how he would do.  On Sunday his sats were still bouncing around a bit and I was getting overly excited and anxious.  One moment I heard he was doing well and his sats were up above 80(%) and the next thing we know they are back to the low 70’s again.  He was in PICU after his cath on Saturday evening and Sunday and had yet another incision in him, this time near his groin area where they went up a vein and in though his heart and through the Sano Shunt to get to the narrowing area.  Sunday evening I went to see Gabby and Hudson while Hayden and Hayley were with others.  It was midnight and Hudson was still in PICU and Gabby wanted to stay the night again so I decided I should get back home.  I had taken Monday off of work and on that morning he was moved to the ward (3M Unit) as his sats seemed to bounce back and stabilize in high 70’s/low 80’s.  Since Gabby had been there a few days already it was my turn to take care of him overnight and then head to work the next morning.  By late evening, he was smiling and responding nicely to my voice!  I would ask him, “Is that funny?” and he would smile and smirk…  We played this game for a couple hours that evening.  It was so nice to see him a lot happier and making “nice” sounds 😉  He had a really good night and they were talking of him going home.  So the next day he was doing well and we were able to take him home.  Gabby actually was the one that was able to take him home, I had already left for work.

–Chris