Almost There!

After Aaron's cardiac cath, he was hungry. He was able to advance quickly to a light solid diet. Only some gagging, but no vomitting. Praise God, we had not lost any of our progress.

The next day, the big concern about his activity level was again expressed by the doctors. I pointed out that the PT demanded he not be gotten out of bed, and that she needed to be set straight about the plan. Gene and I also decided the Play Station was not helpful to Aaron, and told them to take it away. Aaron was too comfortable, he did not feel the need to get out of bed.

When the PT came in, she wanted to take Aaron to the therapy room. She said she was thinking about putting him on the tilt table to figure out why he was dizzy. In my opinion, his dizziness was from lying in bed, and Gene and I had determined to start pushing him. We cleared it with the cardiologist, and began. We had him walking the hallway, and sitting in a chair. Amazing the improvement we saw. He was still very weak, and still needed a lot of rest and assistance. But he was going in the right direction.
By the end of the day, they decided to move Aaron to a regular pediatric floor. The diagnostic specialist would now be in charge of his care. His big concern was getting him eating and drinking more, and getting him active. Gene and I continued to push Aaron.

That evening, the neurologist came in to see Aaron. After examining him, and playing some memory games, he determined that Aaron did not have any impairments. He was a bit sluggish with his replies, but nothing that time would not take care of. What happened two nights prior was not concerning to him. He declared he did not expect Aaron to be doing as well as he was. He felt that after Aaron was home, in his own environment, he would be fine. Yes! And that is exactly where we wanted to be! Home!!

The next day, 10 days after this nightmare had begun, we were going home! The day they took Aaron off the vent, I told the social worker that Aaron would not need medical equipment, I was believing for a complete healing. In fact, I beleived he would walk out of that hospital, completely healed! The day Aaron was discharged, Aaron walked out of the hospital! He did not go in a wheel chair, he walked! His heart and kidneys completely healed!

God is Good!!