The Home Stretch

The Waters family

Nick, Nick, Emily & Mom

The Herrins & Lisa Cardenas

Allison's new Christmas tray

Grandma & Grandpa

Well, a lot has happened since the last entry, so I will do my best to catch up.
In the previous Christmas Eve post, it left out our evening visitors, who helped to make the evening very special. Our friends, the Herrin family & Lisa Cardenas, came out to see Luke and along with my parents, Owen & Carol, we enjoyed a very wonderful Christmas Eve together.
Luke remained in a fair a mount of pain on Christmas Day, but we could see some improvements and his lung remained leak-free.
Sunday was a fairly quiet day, with a lot of rest, some football watching and more visitors (thanks to Luke's friends Nick, Nick & Emily as well as the Waters family).
At the end of the day, Alex left with my parents to head back to the hotel for a good night's rest, and before they could get to the elevator, she had a seizure. To say the least, it took us all by surprise. But it goes without saying that if you are going to have a seizure and you want immediate medical attention, have one in the hospital. Also, make a note that if you want to be surrounded by a lot of doctors and nurses quickly, just shout Code Blue a few times, late at night in a hospital.....that seemed to work pretty well.
They rushed her down to the ER, where a series of blood & urine tests were done, an xray of her neck (she was in a lot of pain) and once everything checked out and she was stable, they released her. We took her back to our home away from home (room #3525), and she has been resting since.
This morning, grandma & grandpa came back by to check up on the kids, before they headed home to SoCal. We really enjoyed their long visit up here (since last Thursday) and we really appreciate their help in making Christmas in the hospital a special and memorable occasion.
The Dr's finally turned Luke's suction off today and things continue to look good there. We will remain on this course until Wednesday, when they will finally remove the chest tube altogether.

This has been an unbelievable journey for all of us and I know there will come a time when it will all make sense. We are really looking forward to coming home and helping Luke to enjoy the remainder of his Christmas break.

Thank you for all the support!

KAAL