Decannulation

Ok...so we get a call on Monday that says we have to go to APH on Thursday to get the trach out!  YAY!  We were told to be there about 2pm 1/27/2011.  Cyler loves the ride to Orlando and always gets soooo excited whenever he sees the big Mickey ears! We had some time to kill as the ENT was not there yet so we got to walk around the hospital a bit and Cyler had fun with Mickey and Pluto down in the lobby!

Finally, at about 6:30 in strolled the ENT.  This was it the big moment and we all thaught that we would allow Cyler to pull the trach out himself since that is one of his favorite things to do.  He wouldn't even touch it!  I couldn't believe it.  So I got to pull it out. Well Cyler screamed and screamed...the ENT was quite impressed. After about a minute daddy had gotten him calmed down.  Cyler then looked at me and pointed to his Mic-key button as if he was saying to take that one out also.  LOL!  It was sooo cute.  We let Cyler play with the trach tube for a little while before eventually throwing it in the garbage.

He did sooo well through the night.  Slept comfortably for the most part...untill the nurses needed vitals.  His numbers remained good throughout the night.  When Cyler woke up in the morning he did have quite a coughing fit but managed to get rid of his secretions...and that is what we want!  Yay! We are soo proud of him.  We were discharged home as promised right around 1pm.