Hanging Strong...

Okay, so if all goes to plan, there is less then a week left for me to make hanging references.  If you're stuck in a situation, and there are no major concerns, then you might as well find the light side to it!  On a heavier note, they've added more weights to Ethan's halo.  He now has 13 lbs pulling against him.

They did an x-ray last week and he is showing some improvement (mostly in the bottom part of his curve).  When asked, the doctor told me that the amount of correction from surgery will depend on how well he does in traction.

I think Ethan gets somewhat bored just being in the bed most of the time and quite enjoys getting into his wheelchair twice daily.  It takes two people to get him into the chair and it is quite awkward.  Once in his chair we hang the weights from the pulleys attached to his chair (you can see them on the left side of his chair if you look closely) and he continues his time in traction.  He has been drooling and coughing a whole lot more the past three days.

 

Ugh, potentially from the above his oxygen saturation wasn't that great last night so they ended up giving him some oxygen overnight.  He has been without all day and I'm hoping they were just being overly cautious and that he doesn't have anything brewing.

 

They did a new set of x-rays today and we're just waiting to hear the results.

 

As I finished writing this post we had to put him back on oxygen again.  :(  I hope it is short lived.