Progress...

Micah doesn't have any signs of infection right now, yay! His site is still open and draining, so we'll see what happens when it closes.  Unfortunately even though we're not infected, he has surgery on Friday so we're not going to be around too many people between then and now.  
The biggest thing going on right now is his trouble swallowing... we're not sure what's going on.  Something seems irritated or inflammed in his throat/upper airway, because he's coughing up blood on occasion.  The surgery will hopefully find the cure the problem.  They're going to do his tonsils and adenoids (again, long story).  With this comes the typical possible problems of doing tonsils, but hopefully we'll be alright. They'll also be trying to clear up  his airway (as i explained to a few people this morning, it'll be one of many).  They're content to leave the outside of his face alone for now, maybe do some sclerotherapy in the future.  Right now they'll be HARD pressed to operate on the outside again.  The last one was absolutely necessary so i don't regret it, but after over two months of infections, I'm SO over it.  

The crazy thing is that he could start school in a MONTH.  I'm not going to go into all the details, but we're still not sure what's going to happen there.  Things seem more promising to cover his safety needs (nothing the school is offering, but whatever...)  But with the trach problems we've had lately, i'm not real confident sending him anywhere right now.  Again, hopefully the cause of that will be found and fixed in surgery.  

Baby girl seems to be a happy active bun in the oven, hopefully content to stay put... Only another 9-10 weeks!  With Micah i was put on bedrest the equivalent of a week from now... and right now that sounds fantastic (of course, it wouldn't be after a few days!)