Complete Recovery

Already we can see (and hear) a difference in Carson. After just 10 days Carson is breathing so much better and is requiring less oxygen. We are going to give him one more week of oxygen all night long, then start monitoring him off of oxygen to see if he can go without. We believe that the scabs are gone, and Carson has healed completely. Having his tonsils and adenoids removed was the right decision for us, it was worth the worrying.

Carson is much more alert during the day and seems to feel better, than before surgery when he was well. Most of the pictures below were taken today...enjoy, we sure are!!!! Thanks for all your support and prayers.

Carson's 1/2 birthday is next month (Feb. 11), he will be 2 1/2, he is so big, I can hardly believe it! We are so proud if Carson....

The whole Latshaw family was together this weekend. Got some good pics.

Resting at home

We came home from the hospital Friday afternoon about 2:00. Carson has been resting ever sense. He has been in pain, even on Tylenol with Codeine every four hours, but sleeping through most of it. Today Carson was awake a little bit more and feeling better, but is having more pain now and also has a pretty high fever. We are planning to give him a bath to reduce the fever...if that does not help we will call the Doctors. Will keep you posted. Not too worried at this point.

UPDATE

Carson is doing just fine. We got his fever under control here at home, it ended up that we were not giving him enough pain meds. We all feel terrible... Carson is well and having no pain (it seems). Carson has been awake the majority of today playing and talking with us. :)

resting comfortably

Surgery went great. It took about 20 minutes, the surgeon said it went as well as she would have wanted for her children. Carson came through surgery and recovery just fine. We have been resting in our hospital room all day, Carson has been sleeping the majority of the day. We are on a strict schedule of pain meds every 4 hours. If all goes well tonight, after rounds in the morning we will be discharged and should be home by lunch. Below are current pics of him resting.

Not so fun in the snow...

like father like son
family christmas pics


merry christmas

tonsils and adenoids...

We are going to have Carson's tonsils and adenoids out. The surgery is scheduled for January 14. I know that is next week, I am getting a little nervous. At this point with the results of the sleep study (see below), we, along with the Drs, feel the benefits out weigh the risks. Please give us extra prayers and send us extra love. We do have extra home nursing approved for after surgery, we will have a nurse here for 22 hours a day for 10 days after surgery.

The sleep study results were:

Carson is in deep sleep 85% of the time. This is how newborns and premies sleep, he gets very little REM sleep. This is all very typical of neurological patients. Because he is in a very deep sleep he has very little apnea episodes. Although the apnea episodes were difficult to distinguish, the Dr counted 8 apneas total, all night. This again is typical of neuro patients, having one episode an hour, this is a very low rate. The Dr also noticed some upper airway resistance: his tonsils and adenoids are large, also his floppy muscles play a role in this. Carson's breathing is very shallow and is considered a paradoxical breather (a tummy breather). The best thing we can do for Carson right now is what we are doing, keep him on oxygen when he is sleeping. We are also hoping that the tonsil and adenoid ectomy will help.

NEW YEARS:

Jeff and I were able to take a short vacation over new years to help de-stress. We went to South Carolina, where Jeff's sister, Kari, is. Our Friends Steve and Christy Anthofer met us there. We had a blast. Jeff and Steve were able to play golf on the ocean course while Christy and I spent a few hours at a spa. We were also able to close some bars down a few nights in a row, something we had not done in a few years. We were ready to come home and see our baby, but not ready to get back to the snow.

We love you all and will keep you updated as much as we can.