New Discharge Date

We got great news at our meeting today, we are headed home January 5th! They moved the date by a month in the matter of 2 weeks. His progress is so miraculous! We will be back here in February to have more imaging to see if we can find the cause of the bleed. He may still need surgery at that point if they can see a vessel that needs repaired. We will deal with all that when the time comes. In the meantime we will focus on rehab. He will go to school part time at first and concentrate on outpatient PT, OT, and speech. We are thrilled to be going home, but I am anxious about not being surrounded by our incredible medical team.

My dad and Krissy are coming next Monday to help us pack up and get ready to go. Pax is so excited to show papa all of his improvements. He was still in the PICU when my dad was last here.

Brandon and Bray made it home, finally. Their flight was delayed numerous times today, but they are home safe and sound.

I was able to run across the street and have coffee with my friend, Andrea, who I haven’t seen since high school. It really helped to get out of here for a bit and catch up with her. I’m so grateful for everyone who has reached out.

We are definitely counting our blessings and not taking any moments for granted. We say at least 3 positive things that have happened in a day, even on hard days. Paxton’s positivity is contagious. We can’t thank you all enough for everything.

Good night 😴

Janell

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