A good night

Tyler had a great night last night.  To top off his day he decided that he wanted to walk before bed.  He walked around the room and even to the doorway to fly his airplane that Papa brought for him before he needed to get back into bed.  He slept through the night because he was able to get off of the IV medications and catheter yesterday and onto oral medications.  His nurse was FANTASTIC and didn't wake him or me when she snuck in at midnight to check vitals and give a dose of Tylenol and Oxycodine.  She was even able to remove the IV start in his hand (he had been afraid to take out before bed) while he was sleeping. 

This morning Tyler has still been making progress, though slow and painful at times.  He took another ride to the playroom in the wheelchair to play with the train table, but we had to coax and bribe him to get that far.  He is uncomfortable and scared to do anything that will make his back hurt, so he really just wanted to get back to bed which he told us every couple of minutes.  Traci and baby Davis came to visit and we expect to see a few more visitors this afternoon.  Right now he is tired from his adventures and the latest dose of medication so he is napping. 

We also just had the chance to talk to Dr. White (our new orthopedic surgeon since Dr. Song is leaving for LA Shriner's)  He said Tyler was doing great and will be able to go home soon.  In fact, we technically meet the criteria for discharge now, so when we feel ready we can go.  It is great and scary news at the same time.  We want to go home, but leaving the care of the hospital is kind of scary.  It reminds us of when we got to take Tyler home from the hospital when he was a newborn. 

We will go home either tonight or tomorrow and get started with the recovery at home.