Smiles to Light up the Room
Greetings to everyone.
Xavier is back on his oxygen for the moment. Rebecca returned the pulse oximeter to Apria today. They will extract the data and send it, along with our log book, to the pediatrician for analysis. We should learn tomorrow whether Xavier can "go native" and ditch the O2 support and all its baggage (baggage quite literally as well as figuratively!)
I will say the smaller tanks are so much easier to carry around, but even easier when no tanks at all!
One of the amazing things Xavier has shown us recently is his smile. He started practicing these a few weeks ago, but they were infrequent and definitely in their "infancy stage" (no pun intended).
Over the last week, we have seen these on a near daily basis. It is wonderful to watch a smile overcome him: His face relaxes, his eyes brighten, something of a "subtle, happy glow" characterizes the full of his face, and then...
...his mouth smiles. More often than not, the widening of his smile brings his mouth to open with what might be described as a prelude to laughter. It's really quite warming! You almost hear his silent, elated giggle as he happily looks up at you.
Thank you all for your prayers and your support.