A little bit of this and a little bit of that ...

Thank you to everyone who shared kind words about Peggy -- she is definitely an angel here on earth.

For those of you interested in the day-to-day hum drum of our post-spinal fusion drama, here's what's new today:

* The ID doc reduced the volume of vanc by 25% and put it back to the every 12 hours schedule (score!!) It wasn't a big deal and, in fact, he told me that he realized after he hung up the phone with our pediatrician that every 18 hours probably wasn't very practical outside of the hospital environment. I give him a lot of credit for recognizing that there is life outside the hospital.

*For Betty -- Jack's hospital bed is "first-class", fully electric and is a special order "Reverse Trendelenberg". Aren't you impressed? :-) Apria tried to deliver us the piece of crap bed you referred to, but I was given the name of a company on the East coast that supplies hospital beds for kids here in Arizona who are part of the vent dependent program and the woman with that company told our insurance company that Apria wasn't cooperating and that we needed this specific type of bed and she got it for us. Kuddos to good customer service.

*Jack has several new pressure sores on his back on the areas where his ribs now stick out - having been displaced by all the hardware. Not much we can do about it except keep him laying on his sides and out of the body jacket.

*Jack has a swollen elbow -- might be broken because it's swollen above, at and below the elbow. However, since his arm is contracted, it can't be splinted so I doubt they (the infamous "they") could do anything about it. We have it in an ace wrap and are keeping it elevated and iced.

*News flash .... I am soooo tired!

*Pics of Jack hanging out in his room in the "position" he will assume for the next 6 months ... doing nothing but watching his videos. Needless to say, Jack is not sharing too many smiles these days.

Well, that's about it from here. Thanks for continuing to leave us words of encouragement, humor and support. We appreciate them all!