Home Again

We are home again. Actually we were discharged last Thursday, but Ryan is on continuous oxygen, so we don't stray far from the living room. During the hospital stay, the doctor's confirmed that the right side of his diaphram is indeed not working due to nerve damage that occured during the surgery and the best plan is just to wait and see what happens. According to the surgeon's report, the nerve was identified during surgery, which means that there is a chance it will regain function, it will just take awhile (I never got a more specific timeframe). Meanwhile, Ryan is home on oxygen and has a feeding tube. He is still taking most of his feedings by bottle, but we just use the feeding tube when he gets to tired to finish. Since he is working so hard to breath and heal, he needs extra calories and can't afford to miss any. That's about all, thanks to everyone who has asked how we are doing.