Saturday, March 13, 2010

Tyson is stable. The oxygen is being weaned off slowly and his sats are remaining stable at about 75% with smaller amounts of O2. 75% is still not the best number, but he won't be able to go home until his sats stay at 75-80 for at least 24 hours without any O2 help at all. The preliminary swab results have come back negative, indicating there is no viral or bacterial infection, but it can take up to 48 hours for bacteria to grow. Since the swab was taken this morning, it may take till Monday to know for sure. Either way, he is stable and hopefully can come home soon. It's hard to understand why this has happened, especially since it wasn't really the cough or cold that concerned us the most. We were more concerned about his colour and unusual behaviour, but I guess even a small cold can affect him this way.
Tyson's mood remains happy, he really enjoys playing peek-a-boo with the nurses as they peek at him from outside the door. It's hard to not be allowed to go out for a walk around the hospital with him. As long as he is showing symptoms of a cough or cold, the nurses have to gown-up and wear a mask around him, and we have to keep his door closed at all times, especially because we don't know what is wrong with him. Last night he slept the best he has in several days; very settled and into a good, deep sleep :)

We were able to spend time together as a family. Brian brought the kids here and they enjoyed seeing Tyson again and spending time at the Play Park and at the ever-popular Marnie's Lounge. They also brought up a tennis ball and mini-hockey stick for Tyson and he is quite enjoying playing catch with the nurses when they come in.
That's the update for today. Keep the prayers going up!
Mel:)