Ethan came home 9/20/11 - one day later than originally hoped. That was only because we erred on the side of caution. He was starting to eat and drink and behave like his normal self by the afternoon of 9/19 and we were given the option of going home. We decided, after talking with the doctors, that it would be prudent to stay for one more night just to be sure.
As of now (9/29/11), Ethan is off all pain medications and has completed his course of steroids. He is eating and drinking normally now. Tomorrow will be two weeks to the day of the surgery and we were told that the swelling resulting from the procedure should be completely gone by two weeks.
Ethan still makes some noise while sleeping but it is by far quieter by any measure.
We have been told to continue the oxygen for a little while longer. In the mean time, we are to call Children's to arrange for an oxygen saturation monitor and to use it for one night. The next day, it will be picked up and they will review the data and let us know if we can discontinue the oxygen for good. (We have yet to schedule this).
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