'Cautiously Optimistic' ~ Dr. Cotton

We will take it...after last Mondays surgery, Dr. Cotton said he was pleased with what he saw and 'cautiously optimistic' about Carson's airway. This coming Monday (Aug 22) will give us more information and hopefully make Dr. Cotton straight up OPTIMISTIC! That's at least what we are praying for, I believe this past week will have been sufficient time to tell the doctors if Carson's upper airway will remain open (without the T tube in place) or if there will be a need for future surgeries.

Carson did well with the surgery last week. We were so excited to hear his voice and it is back! It took a while (~12 hours before we heard anything and a couple days for the full effect) for his voice to 'wake up.' Which caused a bit of anxiety/fear for me, all the while I was telling myself, "Be patient." "Trust in God's plan." "Do not fear." But the wait is KILLER! There have been times this week that Preston and I will just sit and listen to him talk {talk to us. to Kellen. to himself.} Kellen has been so excited also! Occasionally sharing in (friendly) yelling matches with Carson...just because...just to see how loud Carson is now. Music to my ears?!? Haha!

Anyways, thank you for the many many prayers and positive thoughts! We head back to Cincinnati tomorrow and his surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am ET Monday. Should be a quick procedure and back on the road home (hopefully with GREAT news!)

POURING down rain. 6 AM. BROKEN umbrella. Didn't stop the smiles. Carson thought it was awesome that we had to walk over in a storm. Maybe it won't rain this time though because we threw our umbrella in the trash.