As of 1:00 Bo is officially out of ICU! We are both a little nervous, but excited at the same time. Candice was the perfect nurse this morning, she just cut the cord and said see ya! Bo's CO2 levels we up some last night, which is what held up the transfer this morning from the doctors. They are going to watch him extremely close and make sure those levels go down to a better range. They were trending down this morning which is why they went ahead and discharged him to "step down"
Now our main goal is to walk, walk, walk. This really is the best way to combat the CO2 levels, so this is what we will do. The nurses on his floor were so excited to have him that they actually came back to ICU to tell him that! I am afraid he is going to get a big head with all these woman fussing about him, but we all know there is enough of Bo to share the love. The more people that love him the better. He is still very limited on visitors at this time due to his inability to talk (hopefully that will be taken care of after the holiday) because of his immune system they really limit any visits to max 15 minutes and they want to know who has already been exposed to him, just until his body acclimates more, and they also are closes monitoring and giving him medicines. So hopefully we can open the doors to a few people coming up to say hi, until then I will wait to give the word.
Thank you everyone for your prayers, please keep praying that Bo stay healthy (no infections during this transition) and that he continues to keep getting stronger and stronger.
Love to all
Christi, Addi and "Step Down" Bo
PS I do have to say we have truly come full circle, the nurse from way back in the day that checked us into the hospital, May, is Bo's nurse right now! She wasn't letting anyone else touch him.