Oh! my 7 days without an update!!!

Sorry Folks!

But this week has been more than crazy. Vidia (Our kid) got sick down in Tijuana, Mexico.So I had to go up and down the International boarder several times.

Any way, I am happy to share that since we last posted, Mark has been "capped"or "Pluged"

decannulation plug/cap - Attaches to the outer cannula of a fenestrated tracheostomy tube when the inner cannula has been removed. Blocks airflow through the tracheostomy tube and directs breathing through the mouth and nose.

 This is how it looks, only that he has a little red cap over the oppening. (I have taken pictures for Mark's journal of his own capping, but I need to get them to the photo place)

This is how it looks when connected to the oxygen and moisture dispenser.

This means that their getting him ready to have his traqueostomy tube out. It means that he has about a week breathing on his own, with good oxygen status.

It means moving on to a new face of recovery and maybe even now working on getting the G-tube (gastric tube) out and moving onto food!!!!

His hand tone has gotten better too. His right leg is moving and feeling stimulation like fingers rubbing the foot area and bending the knee or pulling away.