Thursday, November 1, 2012

2 Week Update on Noah

Hello everyone,

Today marks two weeks since the accident and Noah is still in the Trama ICU. The most important thing he is working on is being able to breathe on his own without the ventilator. He has been off it about a day now and only receiving pressure support. This is the longest he has been able to breathe with this amount of help and everyone is pleased! Unfortunately this doesn't allow him to have the tubes removed yet. He needs to show he is strong enough over a period of time. Noah can't wait to get all the tubes taken out and we think it will be a quicker recovery when they can come out. The doctors remind us it feels like he is breathing through a straw-I can't imagine how uncomfortable that feels.
 
 
We made Noah a sheet with the alphabet on it and he spells out his needs and thoughts by pointing to the letters. It is so nice to be able to have some sort of communication with him. 
 
 
Even with the constant pain medication Noah is in a lot of pain. The main concern is his neck and the doctors are not sure the extent of his neck fractures.


Yesterday he was able to have 32 staples removed from his head. Most days he makes a tiny bit of progress and the majority of each day he is resting which we know is best for him. We tell him often of all the love and prayers being sent his way. Thank you for your continued prayers, we know Noah still has a long road of recovery ahead of him.
 

We love you all!