Home!

Sam had a GREAT last two days at the hospital. We finally got his headache pain back under control, and gradually weened off of the supplemental oxygen. His chest tube site finally stopped draining, too. We were discharged today on a handful of medicines, mostly for decreasing the edema that is still in his lungs. With the exception of some stitches and some war wounds, we have our little boy back!

And as an added bonus, Sam learned how to put himself to sleep while we were at the hospital. It used to take us literally hours to get him to go to bed. This was mainly because we couldn't let him cry himself to sleep, since it would cause oxygen deprivation. But all of the sudden he has learned how to just lay down and within a few minutes fall asleep without our assistance. It makes me wonder if he had actually been in some kind of pain all those months before his surgery (headache or otherwise) related to his low oxygen levels. I hope this new skill carries over to the home, and wasn't just something he did while in the hospital. We'll find out tonight!

I can't say enough good things about our neighbors here in Macon. They put together some money and got us some Visa gift cards and left us a sweet note. We used those cards all week to eat and live off of at the hospital...that definitely took some burden off of our wallet! Then when we got home, we had balloons and a sweet welcome home banner for Sam. It's hard being away from our family and friends for all of this, but having neighbors like that makes all of this so much easier. We are blessed in so so so many ways!

~Kathy