Just another manic Monday

Hi all,

Things had been going so well.... Today we were supposed to take both boys to the pediatrician for a checkup. We packed up and had to go in two cars because it would be hard to squeeze a nurse in between two carseats in the back. I went with Daniel in the smaller car. Michel, Peter and nurse drove away before we did, so we were surprised when we got to the doctor's office and they weren't there yet.

Come to find out, on the brief 10-minute drive from home to the doctor, Peter threw up all of the large feeding he'd had before we left. It went everywhere--including down his tracheostomy, which blocked his breathing. Michel and the nurse had to pull over and change out his trach and suction the vomit, then they rushed to the nearby hospital's emergency room as Peter was still having difficulties.

By the time they got word to us at the doctor's office, Peter was stable once more. Daniel and I left the doctor's office in mid-checkup. When we got to the emergency room, Peter was happy to see us and his face brightened at the sight of his big brother. Peter's been tired but otherwise quite normal since we got home. That's more than can be said of his parents. The appointment is rescheduled for Friday, so perhaps we'll all have recovered our strength and sanity by then. On the bright side, the ER doctors did a chest X-ray and Peter's lungs looked even better than they did at his last cardiology appointment.