January 28, 2010

Today Dyl moves to Healthsouth!! We had a meeting with the doctors/nurses/med staff yesterday and got the low down on Dyl's progress. they said he's going to have a long road to recovery, but they think he's doing great onthe progress so far! He is going to be doing p.t., o.t and speech therapy 3 times a day at rehab. They can do so much to help him out over there. The dr's still aren't sure about where he will end up recovery wise. He is considered out of the coma (for 2 weeks now!) We just found out that info yesterday too. He is in a Rancho Level 2/3 which is progress!! We are continuing to look into the hyperbaric therapy for him. Thank you to all the wonderful staff at TMC!! Pls cont to keep Dyl in your thoughts & prayers. :) - Keri

January 25, 2010

Today is a BIG day! Dylan is having his trach removed! the dr. thinks he is going to do great at breathing alone w/o any help! Over the past weekend he has used the voicebox trach cover to practice "normal" breathing and has done very well! We also took him on a few rides in his "cadillac" chair. It sits him up(like a regular chair) and we can push him around the hospital/outside. :) He is doing GREAT at tracking people/items with his eyes and his blood sugars/sodium levels are on track! He is making improvements every day! His p.t. is going very well too! We are researching hyperbaric treatment for him now too. it seems like something he would benefit from! Please cont to keep Dyl in your thoughts & prayers! - Keri

January 17, 2010

The last few days have been very eventful for Dyl. He has been keeping his eyes open for more than 40 minutes at a time, several times a day! His trach got changed today, he's doing very well with that too. His sugars are all leveled out, the new long-acting insulin seems to be working very well. He is waking up at times just by one of us touching his legs/arms or when he gets moved. The Dr. said that by the end of next week/beginning of the following week the trach will be blocked/removed to try breathing w/o it! We are looking at getting an insulin pump for him too, that will help regulate his sugars much easier. He is able to track movement with his eyes very well! Please keep Dyl in your thoughts & prayers. - Keri

January 14, 2010

It has been 1 month since Dyl got admitted into the hospital, he's progressed so much since then! Yesterday he was breathing without the ventilator machine and they have turned of the oxygen mixture they were using too so now he's just breathing room air with some humidity going into his lungs! He opened his eyes quite a bit yesterday too for long periods of time. He is getting good rest and is doing great with his p.t. His blood sugar levels seem to be good now too, they have started him on a new long-acting insulin. His sodium levels are on target too. His trach got changed yesterday for the first time, he's healing well from the surgery. Pls cont to keep Dyl in your thoughts & prayers.

January 12, 2010

Dyl has been off the breathing machine since yesterday at 12:30 pm, he is doing GREAT! the dr plans to leave him off for good now. he wears a trach collar which provides humidified air to his lungs. the air has a slight amount of oxygen right now, it is almost to what he would normally have, the dr plans to wean him down on the oxygen slowly.His blood gases were showing normal so they have no plans to put him back on the machine. He is due to have his trach changed for the 1st time today. It has been 1 week since he got the surgery. He continues to open his eyes for long spans of time (45 mins) :) His p.t. is going great and he is resting very well. Last night he was snoring, so we know he's getting some much needed rest!

January 10, 2010

Dyl was opening his eyes quite a bit today, the last few days he has been doing that for up to 45 mins. Today they let him do the CPAP trial from 1130am to 9pm, he rocked it!! Yesterday they did the CPAP trial for 4 hours and he did GREAT on that too! He was able to start his p.t. again yesterday too. His surgery sites are healing very well too. On 1/11/10 they will disconnect him from the breathing machine to try him breathing without any help from the machine at all; he will have a trach collar on to keep humid air in his lungs and will be disconnected as long as he is not struggling.