Sunny Thursday in SF

Outside, together!

Owen laying back on 7North. This gorgeous view is right outside our room.

The golden gate to the right, and the ocean to the left. Not bad scenery.

The cutest patient ever. Yes we are a little partial:).






Today has been a great day. Owen is doing so well, and went on 2 wagon rides today. Chris took him on one when I went to Ron's for a nap. He is quite a hit in the hallway, making people smile left and right. He has been sitting up most of the day, and crossing his feet like usual. We are still waiting on 2 chest tubes...One is still milky and putting out just a little of yucko stuff. The team wants the chest tubes in until there is no drainage...Who knows when that is, but we hope it is soon. He is putting out
about 10mls/day. He is also working on his oxygen levels. They range from 65-85 even on 2 liters of oxygen. This is something that everyone anticipates will normalize (up to 75-85) without oxygen... That is something that we also will wait out and see how he does. Another thing we are waiting on is his meds. He has been on a blood pressure lowering med via iv, as well as iv lasix. They have yet to switch him to PO/ng medications for those. But it is so nice to see him acting like himself, pulling tubes, putting random things in his mouth, smiling and having his voice back. He had a very sore throat from being intubated, and I would say his cry and voice is back about 90%. We have had a great RN today who basically shoved us out the door. She said Owen was her only patient and told us to go enjoy the sun. So we went outside and sat for about half an hour and enjoyed being outside. We then had some frozen yogurt like old times:). Owen is becoming quite the tv junkie and has his own personal dvd player. He has been watching baby einstein when awake and laughs at the puppets that used to scare him!











We are so dang lucky that Owen is healing and doing so well. We are so thankful every minute, and even though we are tired, it does not compare to what he has to go through. He is so awesome, it amazes us both.











Owen got to visit with one of his favorite RNs from last time, and in the middle of the night I saw another one. I wasn't speaking clearly or thinking clearly but hopefully she can come see Owen soon. We had her a lot when we were here before, and in 12 hours you get to know people pretty well.











I forgot to thank Rebekah, Jeff, and Sera for our yummy dinner from Beautifull last night. The restaurant took longer than their slated delivery time and wanted to comp another meal to us another time. Double Score!!











A big thank you to our house sitters, egg getters, and mail collectors! Thank you to the Bowens for watching Owen's "doggie Blue". Owen misses her, but we hope to be home soon.