Christmastime

Hello all and Merry Christmas!

The kids have been busy getting ready for Santa. I discovered that Caroline's quite the gift wrapper! She's a pro and what a huge help! She and I stayed in one night and wrapped, drank hot chocolate and watched Elf. I so enjoy her company. What a blessing she is. Tate's a big help, too. He's sure to move the Gingerbread man daily to count down the days 'til Christmas.

Caroline's trach infection is back and she's starting a new antibiotic today. This one will be given via her nebulizer directly into her trach. We're praying this will do the trick and she'll feel good for Christmas. Her Thanksgiving, well, sucked. She felt so bad and really struggled to breathe. Hopefully we've caught this one in time. Any cold is going to turn into something as she just doesn't have the lung capacity to keep things moving in her chest. Plus, her newly diagnosed pulmonary hypertension is an unwelcomed added feature. Her Pulmonologist added a diuretic to her meds a couple of weeks ago to help drain the fluid from her lungs. It helped. He had also put her on a new antibiotic for a micoplasma pneumonia/sinusitis. Either one did the trick. It's a wait and see with this infection.

Doug's hunting this weekend. He hasn't been in years! I'm thinking we'll go see Santa and take it easy. Can I write that in the same sentence?? The kids have their lists ready! Caroline wants a keyboard, camera and some wigs! Tate wants a light saber (Actually, two. One green and one red!) and anything else he has seen on TV. They're both sooo excited!