Thoughts From the Other Side

As I look back on the last three weeks these are my thoughts:

-Without your health you have nothing.

-Without family and friends you have next to nothing.

-You learn a lot about yourself and those around you during hardships.

-I can't say enough good things about Seattle Children's Hospital.  Truly amazing people.

-We'll never be able to thank everyone sincerely enough or enough times.

In Conclusion

We're done!
Boo is now Boo Tubes free.
Everything went really well this morning.  Well, it went really well after they gave him a sedative.
He started flipping out during pre-surgery but the anesthesiologist came to the rescue with a little sedative cocktail.    Ahhhhhhh.  From there out it was a cakewalk.  And entertaining, too.
Our little Boo was stoned to the bejesus.  Totally snockered.  Completely entertaining.  And, most importantly, totally relaxed.
This video was 5 minutes after they rolled him out of surgery.  It's a bit hard to tell but listen to the slurred speech.  Notice the heavy eyes and head swaying to and fro (I'm supporting him from falling backwards).  This was by the far the funniest and most relax I'd ever seen Boo in the hospital.

Boo Tubes

We're just about to leave for the hospital.  About an hour for check-in.  An hour for the actual procedure.  And about two hours for recovery.  We should be back early afternoon.

Final Friday

Boo's procedure to remove his HD lines is set for Friday at 9:30am.  The little booger keeps getting better by the hour.

Almost There

For the few still following:
-We went in for labs today (Monday) and everything is going great.  I'd say he's 95% healed.  He needs to add a few more red blood cells and his kidneys need to finish flushing out a few more toxins, but for all intents and purposes, he's healthy
-We will consult interventional radiation tomorrow to schedule his final procedure: removing his Boo Tubes (catheter)
-Boo's acting like himself more and more everyday.  More laughter, more walking (even running occasionally) and certainly more mischief

By the end of this week this whole thing should be behind us.

Dialysis

We made a quick trip to the hospital for routine blood tests this morning.  Things are looking good.  The only thing requiring any action is the red blood cell count.  It's still low, which is expected, so we'll probably do a transfusion with dialysis tomorrow.

We're crossing our fingers and the doctors won't make any promises but there's a good chance he won't require further dialysis after tomorrow's run.  If that's the case the final element in this saga will be removing the HD line.  We are so close to truly looking at this in the rear view mirror.

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