I didn’t want to have to write this, but as soon as I saw Trevor’s drippy nose, I knew it was unavoidable. We have a very sick Brendan again. It is hard to look at his pictures from just yesterday where he is doing his jig and smiling so big and believe that was 24hrs ago.
This morning Brendan had a very thick runny nose and gagging drainage. By midday, we had turned his oxygen up some and he was coughing up a ton of slime. By dinner time, he was working hard to breathe and we gave him a breathing treatment. He started projectile vomiting. Once I put Trevor in bed, I gave Brendan a bath and changed his trach ties and he was so exhausted he was struggling to keep his eyes open, but he couldn’t relax. He was breathing hard and fast.
By 8:30p, we had to get out the ventilator and give him some ibuprofin. It took him 45 minutes to stop battling the vent and fall soundly asleep. He is on my lap and finally still and I am doing the blog with one hand.

And for all this, Trevor still just has a slightly runny nose and it hasn’t slowed him down a bit.

Granddaddy arrived this morning on an uneventful flight and Trevor and I went to get him. Both boys seemed to like him right away. Brendan even smiled and waved when we got home.

Trevor was thrilled with his little briefcase and luggage cart. He dragged them all around the house like he had a business meeting.

He even let Granddaddy read him books while I made dinner and cleaned the kitchen.

Bill tried to help Brendan be comfortable.

We just will hope that we can keep Brendan out of the hospital this time. 🙁