Ben was discharged about 4:00 p.m. today and we arrived back home at 5:30! We're all looking forward to a good night's sleep in our own beds. Such hope may be thwarted, however, by a nine year old girl who's not feeling so well tonight.
Anyway, we were all glad to be around the kitchen table for dinner tonight, although exhaustion is setting in.
Ben was cleared to play his drums and to enjoy regular activity, just no lifting, digging, or contact sports. Oh yeah, and he's not allowed to return to school for at least another week or two. He'll have a host of follow-up visits over the next two weeks on his way back to a more normal routine and life. In the meantime, he's eating anything and everything he's allowed to get his hands on in an effort to gain back the nearly twenty pounds he lost.
Thanks for all your support, prayers, and encouragement. I'll reflect more on these past five weeks at a later date, after some more sleep and a deeper healing.
Wow, poor kid didn't have 20 lbs. to lose. Glad you got him home and he rock out on the drums!
ReplyDeleteHope he is home for good this time.
Prayers and blessings to you all as you seek to re-settle back into whatever normal is.
Dan P.
AWESOME!!! So happy Ben is home and eating again! Now that is the Ben I know. I thought his face looked thinner last Sat. when Tim and I were at the hospital. Can't wait till he can come back to school. He is really missed alot in the class.
ReplyDeleteGods Peace to all of you.
kathy Fraas