Procedure a success!!!

Yay!!!! Ricky is unblocked! We went down a little before 1pm. Apparently this morning's x-ray showed that the stuff was already almost out, but the residents still wanted Dr. M to to the procedure.

So before they put him under, Ricky had a doppler echo test on his heart. Apparently this was negative. He probably has some pulmonary hypertension, but this is fairly common to some degree in many people with CF. So in other words it's not the cause of his dizzy spells.

Dr. M came to tell me about what she was going to do. She figured if the stuff in there was not solid, it would come right out.

And it did! Within an hour, it was all finished. (Meanwhile, Misty and I read every single book in the waiting room.) Everything came out with ease. (And without eating Chinese food!)

Went to see him in recovery fairly quickly and he was already awake. No 2 hour nap this time like he did the other day!

Now we are back up in the room and he has his NG tube out too! He started the day in a great mood and now he's feeling even better. The deal with the NG tube coming out was that he has to do all of his vest and neb treatments and all of his medications (especially Miralax) without complaint. If he refuses anything, he'll lose his electronics.

Ricky's having some fluids and then if he doesn't puke those up, he gets to have a REAL DINNER. Hooray!

The Reglan was giving Ricky major hand tremors. So I asked the resident if it could be DC'd now that he's cleaned out and he agreed.

The neurologists came and told me that the EEG was normal. The last test they might do would be an MRI to look at the blood vessels in the brain. We see the neurologist next month and we'll talk about stuff then.

I'm going to head to my mom's for OUR real dinner. Ricky should be coming home tomorrow or Sunday. Hooooooray!!!! :)

Thanks, everyone, for your support and encouragement! What a long haul it has been! Three weeks ago tonight we went in to the ER. Holy cow!