{"id":4981,"date":"2025-12-27T19:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeforgabriel.com\/27-12-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T19:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:07:57","slug":"27-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeforgabriel.com\/en\/27-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"27\/12\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, son,<\/p>\n\n<p>In the last few days, we had some good news that I forgot to share here.<\/p>\n\n<p>You no longer need your corticosteroid treatment that you&#8217;ve been on for 7 months. The doctors decided to stop them because your blood test levels were good. This is another important step!  <\/p>\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s talk about your schedule yesterday.<\/p>\n\n<p>Like every day when you woke up, you took your medication (esio + domperidone + luftal), then your first morning meal of milk-based jelly that we prepare ourselves. You then received your care, then your second morning meal of fruit, then your respiratory physiotherapy, then your lunch consisting of meat and vegetables. <\/p>\n\n<p>After all that, you took a short nap late in the morning.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then your motor physiotherapist arrived. You had a motor skills session, and she also works on your breathing. You were a bit tired, you cried a little. To help you, she also gave you some Atrovent.   <\/p>\n\n<p>\n          <strong>And after that, we went to the beach!<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n<p>Indeed, Carole, your physiotherapist, suggested a few weeks ago that we organize an outing, and we loved the idea.<\/p>\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest, after everything we&#8217;ve been through, going out with you sometimes scares us.<br\/>First, because we&#8217;re afraid you might catch a virus, a bacterium, or something else. Second, because going out with a baby already requires organization, and even more so with a baby who has a respiratory illness and is oxygen-dependent. Everything requires more anticipation. We also have to travel with your oxygen tank, which, even though it&#8217;s aluminum, is bulky.   <\/p>\n\n<p>So, in our car, there was you, your mom, Carole the physiotherapist, and me. <br\/>In another car, Grandma Michelle and Grandpa Robert followed us in an Uber.<\/p>\n\n<p>Once we arrived there, we went straight to the beach. You looked around everywhere as if enchanted. <\/p>\n\n<p>We first looked for a place to sit, and finally, we settled on the sand.<\/p>\n\n<p>And there, you discovered the sand. You put your hands in it and then wanted to put them in your mouth \ud83d\ude42<br\/>Then we tried to make little castles, little sand pies. <br\/>We bought a small bucket just for the occasion. <\/p>\n\n<p>Next, we wanted to introduce you to the sea. <br\/>I held you in my arms and dipped your feet in the water when the waves came in. <br\/>You cried a little bit, but overall, you weren&#8217;t scared. <br\/>You are truly incredible!<br\/>Most of all, you seemed to enjoy watching the sea, looking out at the open water, and watching the sunset too.<\/p>\n\n<p>Your Grandma and Grandpa also had an excellent time. They are very happy to see you discovering life, and I think they couldn&#8217;t have wished for a better Christmas with us after what they went through in May when you were in the ICU.<br\/>Then we watched the sunset all together. <br\/>You observed absolutely everything with your big eyes. You even laughed from time to time.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Then, we went back home.<\/p>\n\n<p>I must tell you, son, that this experience was wonderful. <br\/>We came home tired, but with stars in our eyes. <br\/>Thanks to Carole, we were able to leave the house and live a normal life for a moment.<\/p>\n\n<p>A real life.<\/p>\n\n<p>This gives us a lot of hope for the future, a lot of hope for 2026. <br\/>We hope to be able to go home. <br\/>We hope to be able to have this normal life that we want. <br\/>We hope to be able to get off oxygen. <br\/>And given your progress over the last three months, I sincerely think that will be possible.<\/p>\n\n<p>I am very happy to have experienced this with you, son.<\/p>\n\n<p>We have some beautiful photos that we published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/familyroche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram, in a story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>A huge thank you to Carole for helping us organize all of this.<\/p>\n\n<p>I love you. <\/p>\n\n<p>Dad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, son, In the last few days, we had some good news that I forgot to share here. You no longer need your corticosteroid treatment that you&#8217;ve been on for 7 months. The doctors decided to stop them because your blood test levels were good. This is another important step! 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