Damon got to go up to the playroom today and he made some cupcakes. He also played with toys, painted a little and then got to decorate his cupcakes. He was walking a little which is a good thing for him. He seems to be in a better mood today. Still not my silly, happy little boy, but talking more and laughing a little bit and smiling more. We played a couple of games together and he beat me at both of them. He is still draining lots and lots out of his one drain tube so they are putting him on another diuretic to help with that. They put him on a med that will help dry up the fluid around his lungs and they also are going to start him on a baby aspirin today which he will take for the rest of his life. They are going to be stopping his heparin (blood thinner) some time very soon since aspirin is also a blood thinner. He is still getting iv fluids too. So every time we go anywhere other than bed we get to push the iv pole around with us. Kinda bulky but worth it for him to get to do something other than watch tv.

He almost choked today at lunch and it scared me to death but God be praised, he coughed it up. God is really watching out for him. We still have no idea when we will be coming home. No one has even said anything about it. It all depends on that drainage so keep praying for that. The med they are giving him to help dry up his drainage isn't going to start taking effect for 48 hours and he just got his first dose today. It's a long road but he is healing up just fine. That's all I got for now, so I'll talk to you all soon.

Sarah