Back from the Hospital

Dylan is doing so good!!! He is back at Hacienda, he had to spend 3 days at St. Joe’s hospital in Phoenix for the cellulitis in his elbow. He is recovered from the cellulitis. His arm is no longer swollen and he is going to get antibiotics for 5 more days to make sure the infection is gone. While he was at St. Joe’s the endocrinologist (diabetes doctor) there examined him and decided that they would like to try a new insulin regiment. He is now no longer taking insulin during the day, he used to take it 3 times a day and then at night. He is only taking the night time insulin now. The doctors think they can control his blood sugar strictly on diet and monitoring his physical activity. They said as long as his blood sugar stays below 400 it will be fine. So far his sugars have been ranging between 136 and 350… we’ll see how it all shakes out. Dan and I aren’t really comfortable with not having him on insulin when he has food but the staff is really monitoring him to make sure he’s ok.
Dylan has progressed to the sit/stand machine and the physical therapist said he did a great job with that last week. She is going to work with him some more on that this week! Hopefully she will take pictures of that, we asked, we’ll see what happens J he is doing really well with holding himself in a sitting position and keeping his chin up, he holds his head level for quite a few minutes now! And when the nurse tried to give him medicine for the thrush on his tongue, she asked him to open his mouth and right away he did and she didn’t even touch his mouth or anything. He ‘s doing great with following conversation with his eyes. He makes choices on what he’d like to wear, watch and do during the day too. He’s more alert and seems to be aware of more every day!! We are sooo proud of him. He’s making such huge strides every day!!! - Keri