Home Sweet Home

So...it finally happened!! After 10 days out of ICU, Hudson braved another bronchoscopy and mommy and daddy brought their sweet baby boy home! He completly weaned off oxygen and narcotics and came home with only a feeding tube, pulse oximetry(measures his blood oxygen saturation)and minimal meds(aspirin and prevacid). The bronchoscopy revealed more scar tissue (ENT surgeon debrided once again)...but overall looked much improved. Since coming home he has been taking more from the bottle each and every day and getting regular breathing treatments to hopefully continue to treat the scar tissue. He has had baths every night in his big boy bath and got to go for his first walk around the neighborhood in his stroller!! He is working so hard to wean off his feeding tube! His best day at the hospital consisted of 50 cc's in 24 hours and since coming home (only been home for a week) has worked up to 400-475 cc's per day! Mommy and Daddy are soo proud of our strong fighter that continues to amaze us again and again!! He went to his pediatrician this past monday and the pediatrician couldn't believe his eyes...he never thought Hudson would look as good as he did..he left the room and then preceded to come back in before we left to tell us how fantastic he looks and to keep up the good work....this put a huge smile on mommy's face) Next week Hudson will have another bronchoscopy and then will follow up with all the specialists on a monthly basis to monitor his progess. It is truly amazing what our little boy has been through over the past 4 months. It is such an inspiration to know how brave and strong such a little baby can be and it is such a blessing that we have been chosen to call him our son!!!