I have to admit, once we got settled in I wasn't worried for a bit. I don't think I was being cocky or anything but come on here, this IS Tre` here. LOL Just kidding. Vic and I felt confident that he'd pass this test because he has been doing so well.

So initially he was supposed to go in on the 27th and come back home on the 29th. The doctor was concerned because he was coughing and wheezing a lot in the morning (which is so typical for Tre whether he's on or off the ventilator.) so he decided to keep him for one more day. It wasn't something Vic and I expected but being that they don't care for him day after day we understood.

We were anxious to finally get him back home so when we got to the hospital we expected to pack up and go...until his nurse said, “so, the doctor might want to keep him one more day.” “No, he isn't! Why?!” Sh said the doctor wanted to watch him because he received three albuterol treatments for wheezing. “Okay soooooooo what has he been doing DIFFERENT from the time we walked him the door? I want to speak to whomever thought he was staying another day.” That person never came. However his pulm did. He thought he was okay to go a long time ago. Apparently the doctor didn't want to speak to b directly so he discharged him and sent his pulm for discharge orders. Tre` has a bit of a cold which can account for SOME of his coughing and wheezing. Staying in the hospital wouldn't change that because he showed everyone he can handle it without crashing.

In the end, he did great! Tre` is still of course trached but o longer vented. Our next step is to visit ENT December 27 (I remember the date because it was the day I went onto bed rest).

He's down three pounds because SOMEONE was stubborn and wouldn't eat anything by mouth for his nurses. That's another story!