I can now confidently proclaim that the Patzels are good at spontaneous travel speed drills… We were able to pick a flight (to attend to an emergency family matter), rent a car, pack for 2 adults and a baby, pick up little sis at her house, and drive to airport …
Another day at the park… I’d like to say that I met some other nice parents while there but I’m starting to think that the park parents are not very outgoing… I’m not sure if it’s an Atlanta trend or if I look suspicious but everyone seems to be separated into clicks primarily based on …
We decided to take advantage of Robb’s trip and subsequent layover in Colorado Springs to enjoy a mini-vacation. Aaric enjoyed his last monthiversary on the top of Pike’s Peak – a little sad for us but we are guessing that Aaric is probably happy that he will no longer have to tolerate his parents crazy displays …
thepatzels.com has moved… to here… if you have no idea what I am talking about then I did everything correctly, but if you’re looking at this site trying to figure out who it belongs to then I’ve done something very wrong. Why did we move you ask? Well the same …
We’ve moved. We are now officially out of the Cardiac ICU and in the Cardiac Step Down unit. I truly expected the move to be a lengthy process filled with lots of discussion with docs, fellows, nurses, specialists and the like…boy was I wrong. One minute we are in …
I know that many of you may have wondered if something happened and / or if we had made it home. Well the short answer is yes and no. All was well as 12pm on Thursday per the last post but that changed fairly quickly. Prevailing theories state that Aaric either aspirated …
12:11pm – Still waiting on the big move to the step down unit but in the meantime we’ve made one small move – right into a bouncer / vibrator – wires and all. They set it in his crib right on top of the mattress and we hoisted him in. I can’t …
11:30am Aaric has chowed down a total of 6ozs so far – yep, he was hungry. On another note, we came to the hospital this morning to play doctor and participate in rounds (only for Aaric of course) with the doctor and associated entourage. It’s a new thing the hospital started …
10:00am – Hooray ! Aaric is officially off the ventilator – it was removed at 5:15am which means that he was able to eat for the first time in almost 36 hours – 2 whole ozs of milk. He’s doing very well and will be moved to the step down …
The nurse started Aaric’s courage beads today – each bead represents an event, i.e. a black bead for every poke / blood draw, yellow for CICU admission, etc. The string just keeps getting longer and we can’t wait until he earns his discharge beads. In addition to the beads we …
