It has been a great weekend for us. Charles is doing very well. He is responding to the oral antibiotics (Clindamycin) that we are giving him, which are the same ones that he was getting in the iv at the hospital. It tastes pretty awful, so we have to hold Charles down and squirt it in his mouth. It’s a very small price to pay for a healthy kid.
Saturday (yesterday) went very well. Charles had the strength to play with his sister and run around a little. It did seem to tire him a bit more than normal, but that was to be expected. His temp was holding steady between 98 and 99.
Today, his eye is looking a lot better and he was running around and playing like a champ. He seems to be regaining his strength and coordination and certainly his sunny disposition. He doesn’t like to have his diaper changed because he thinks we are going to take his temp.
We had a follow up Dr. apt with Dr. Polin today and he was very positive about Charles’ recovery. Everything is on track and progressing normally.
Charles seems to be bouncing back. I hope this is the last of the updates I will have to do on this one. My work was VERY accommodating throughout this whole thing and for that I am incredibly grateful. I work with some awesome people and am looking forward to being back there tomorrow (as ironic as it sounds).
This whole thing has been a strange, almost surreal, experience for us. I remember as i was writing earlier posts thinking, “I can’t believe I am writing a post to the nogchog like this.” Through it, though, we have learned a few things that we will never forget. One of them is that we have friends and family that offered up an unbelievable amount of help and support. I did not have a chance to thank all of you personally yet, but hope to do so. You are all something else!
We are so happy that Charles is getting better. When you have children, you trade away your sanity for love and it’s the best deal you could ever make.