Blessed!!!

Sunday, 5/19/13 @ 12:30 am (Day 17)

Samuel had a pretty good day considering where he is. He slept most of the day. Nothing really changed, no new tubes and no less tubes. They did cut back on his pain meds though, which is a sign he is improving. He has lost a lot of weight and he was skinny before the accident. Nutrition is going to become more of a focus when his insides are functioning better. He is still on the TPN lipids in his central line and has a feeding tube past his stomach. Today, Jay and I opened cards with him. Thank you to everyone who sent one. We hung them in his room so he could enjoy them when he was feeling a little better.

This evening, Melissa, Naomi, Julia and Sarah came and sat with Samuel and in the waiting room while we took Joshua and our three youngest (Gabriella, Sophia, and Caleb) for a walk to the zoo. It is so nice that it is so close. It gives the babies a place to run and play without the constraints of a hospital waiting room. After we got back, we had dinner in the cafeteria and then told Melissa and the kiddos good-bye. Gabriella had a very hard time with it and kept crying, "Mommy, please come home with us." It was heart-breaking. After a little discussion we came up with a plan for tonight...Julia and Sarah stayed the night at the hospital and we went to our little hotel room 3 miles away and took Gabriella with us for the night. I wish we could have taken them all, but I don't think Sophia or Caleb could handle sitting in the waiting room tomorrow. I sure have enjoyed all the hugs and kisses I got tonight.

Melissa has been wonderful and has gone way out of her way to be there for our family, even taking time away from her own family so that we could see our other children. Don't know what we would do without her.

Tonight I am snuggled up with a precious three year old sleeping beside me. She fell asleep singing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." God is good!!