7 weeks since Ian was discharged back in January…and going strong.

We have had two very quick admissions in these 7 weeks.  One of them was just last weekend.  On Saturday Ian was miserable.  He slept great Saturday night and then Sunday was having a really hard time, so we decided to take him in.  He got some IV fluids, a whole bunch of cultures and IV antibiotics and by Monday he was back to himself.  All of his cultures came back negetive, we stopped antibiotics and decided to hang out for 24 hours and make sure Ian was okay.  As usual this winter, the hospital was jammed packed, so to make room for some sicker kids, they moved us to the CICU.  What a treat!!  Everyone was so excited to see how Ian is doing.  We have made new friends in the PICU, but the CICU was our home for many many months, and the people there are like family.  They were so genuinely happy to see Ian thriving.  And – I know they have had some really sick kids, so I hope we were able to remind them that some of these really sick kids do get better!

We went home on Tuesday and Ian has been as good as ever.

So – we are plugging along.  Ian has occupational therepy once a week and Physical therepy twice a week.  We are working on getting him stronger.  He has spent alot of time laying in a bed, and now he gets to focus on all of the things he has missed.  His big brother can’t get enough of him, and vice versa.  Owen does a great job helping and pushing Ian.  He steals his toys, makes him forts, draws him pictures… yesterday he pinched him and made him cry.  Ahhh….

While we were in the hospital, the social worker stopped by, just to say hi and see if we needed anything.  Then she told me she had just given one of our blanket/pillow packets to a mom.  The mom was floored that someone would do something so nice for someone else.  It made me so happy!  I just wanted to share with everyone who helped.

As always, here are some pictures.