Cameron Update 1-24-13

Cameron Update: 

1-24-13

I have gone back to work again and playing Mr. Mom at home with Cameron's siblings during the week while Jenn takes the week shift, I will relieve her on Friday and take the weekend shift. So now onto the man of the hour THE REAL SUPERMAN CAMERON. Yesterday they switched his Life Support Ventilator over to the C-PAP setting, what that means is that he regained the strength to breath on his own. So today the real work begins for him, they are going to EXTUBEAT him, this means removing his breathing tube and finally hearing our sons voice for the first time in 30 days. Cameron has done it again, when no one in the Medical World thought it was possible. This is one of hardest times in his recovery, it's not like you seen on TV trust me. It will take a week or two for him to get somewhat of a normal sounding voice, alone with the ability to clear his lungs of the thick secretions that are built up, this is caused by the a Ventilator. During the next week they will see how he does with food and water, they will determine this with a swallow study, he will sit in an X-Ray Machine and eat and drink while they watch where it goes, to his stomach or lungs (I watched this last time and its something out of a Sci-Fi Film). They did anther MRI yesterday afternoon but haven't told us any of the results, so unlike the rest of his MRI's conducted no one has came running into his room to give us more bad news, SO NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. His progress on moving and following commands is slow, tedious, and sometimes frustrating. But there is no time for breaks because his window of recovery will have to be faster and harder so to prevent long term effects to the undamaged parts of his brain. I will update more on his recovery progress more often to help brighten everyone's day. Thank you all for the continued support. Everyone who has sent words of support, cards, prayers need to know that you're just as big in Cameron's recovery as his doctors are.