Ricky came home from the hospital on Tuesday. This hospitalization was 13 days, tied for his longest yet. I got to see his latest x-ray. Clearly, the atelectasis (collapsed band of lung) was resolved. Yay! There still appeared to be infiltrates in his right lung, and maybe in his left, but the doctor is of the opinion that these are areas of bronchiectasis (narrowed, inflamed airways) that are not going to go away. :( It’s progression of the CF lung disease. While this does not surprise me, it does sadden me a bit. We had held the disease back for so long… He’s had some signs of bronchiectasis in his CT scans in the past but they’d resolved. Not anymore, maybe. I’m hoping that when we go back to visit Ricky’s pulmonologist in clinic, she’ll order another x-ray and we see if it DOES go away. But for now we are home, and it’s all good. Yay!

Thank you all for thinking of Ricky and for all you do for him.