#66

Tuesday December 6

To My Strong Healthy Baby Boy,

Starting to feel better and play again!

What a week we had, you went from bad to worse after your last letter. By Wednesday night you were so weak you could barely take a step without needing to lay down and rest. You would snuggle in our arms like a rag doll and when we would put you down you would just lay your head on the coffee table. It truly was a scary site to see and that is why we decide to take you into the ER on Wednesday night. There they told us you were dehydrated and were having trouble breathing and need to be admitted. By 4am Thursday morning we finally made it into your room on the pediatrics floor. You were hooked up to an IV and monitors as well as given oxygen. I felt so much better knowing that you were safe and being looked after, I knew that if anything were to go wrong that the wonderful doctors and nurses would be able to help you.

As the week went on you started to feel better and quickly won the hearts of all your nursers. Their was even talk on the floor about how cute you were (no matter where you go, you seem to melt peoples hearts) On Friday night I knew you were ready to go home, for the last 2 day and nights you laid in your crib not caring about the wires and tubes.  Friday night was a completely different story! Just like I would have at home, I feed you dinner, gave you a bath and read you a night time story and put you to bed at 8pm. By 11pm you still were up, you were playing with your red glowing toe, the oxygen tube, and all the wires and stickies. I even found you one time with the wires wrapped around you neck because you were rolling around so much. You throw all your toys out of the crib, you were playing with the pile of diapers and whips that I had been keeping at the end of the crib. Finally after we had give you Tylenol for any pain you may have, tried changing and feeding you for the ump tenth time your very tired mom asked "could we try just taking EVERYTHING off of him?"  thankfully the answer was "yes"  because you literally feel asleep the minute you were free! By Saturday afternoon you were home and causing trouble and by Monday you were back to school. If you were to look at you today you would never even know how sick you had been for the last week. The only ruminates that you have been in the hospital are the little bruises were they drew blood and had the IV. Other than that you are back to you crazy self and I swear you are starting to move even faster!

The good great news is that today when you went in to have your ears checked we did find out that your AFP has finally dropped to 4.5 which is well in the normal range! You have no idea what a sigh of release this was for everyone in the family. We all celebrated a little when we heard the news.

Stay Strong and Healthy Little Boy, I love you more than life itself

Love your very proud Mamma