Lots of Healing!
We finally got to have Tate Christmas last weekend (our 4th attempt), and it was wonderfully chilly in Waco. It was my first road trip, and I learned I need far more oxygen when riding in the car than I do at home. I guess it makes sense, but the oxygen saturation in cars is far less than room air or outdoor air. We also had to turn the AC off of recirculation so that outside air was coming in. By the time we got to Waco, I was worn out, but it was totally worth the drive. Tuesday, I was sitting talking to my MIL when suddenly I felt like I couldn't catch my breathe. I realized that I couldn't get air in through my neck/trach stoma. For 5 weeks in the hospital the only way I could breathe was through my trach, so that's what my body is used to doing. But suddenly I couldn't get air in. I started forcing my body to breathe through my nose, and then went to clean out my trach stoma. It gets pretty gunky and I figured it was just clogged. I looked in the mirror and it was...