I hardly believe it when I type the header of each post. Week 41 – Day 5 … it just means that their second birthday is getting close. Two years is supposed to be a huge milestone for Brendan and his little lungs. When he was super tiny, I remember hearing again and again, “just keep him healthy those first two years”, “two years is a real turning point”. I don’t know what I imagined it would be like then.
We’ve gone backwards a bit today and had to turn up his oxygen to 4L again. He brought up all kinds of real wet loose junk but this evening, his cough has subsided. He is sleeping peacefully after having a pretty active and playful day.

We got an extra nurse shift today because they can make up hours they missed while Brendan was in the hospital. It totally didn’t feel like Monday! It was overcast and “cooler” this morning so the boys got to slide and swing and play outside.

Once Bill signed out of work for the day, we decided to spend a little play time together as a family. Bill got to experience the fun of the lizard sprinkler.

We stretched Brendan’s tubing as far as it would go to let him come outside too. He had to help Daddy hang up our new metal dragonflies.

Trevor tried to explain to Brendan how much fun the water can be

At first he wasn’t sure

Trevor was rinsing my toes. You can’t tell by the pictures that the water is hot like bathwater straight from the hose.

Brendan started to get it

He was pretty amazing, tolerating the sand and grit and concrete and playing in the water

After a while, he had so much fun that he cried when we had to go inside to make dinner.

I hope we can turn his oxygen back overnight. He just got his breathing treatment now at 10:30p and is asleep with no coughing at all.