Third week begins

Day fifteen marks the beginning of week three. Impressive math, don't you think?! Actually, it's amazing how quickly one loses track of time in a place like this. I need this blog simply to remember when things happened; time has become a blur.

Last night was the first night that Ben has really slept since he arrived in the hospital. They put him to bed at around 7:00 p.m. and he slept until 1:00 a.m., he spent a few hours awake, and then around 4:00 a.m. went back to sleep, which is how I found him when I arrived at his room at 7:00 a.m. He stayed asleep until 9:00 a.m.

Once he woke up there was a flurry of activity ranging from attempts to eat to sitting on the potty to a field trip to x-ray for a few chest views to a very long echodardiogram in his room to a sponge bath to a visit from Grandma & Grandpa L to a new dressing on his pic line.

Hopefully he's sleeping now while I have slipped out of the room for some lunch, to post this blog, and to assess how far behind I really am at work.

We expect that if the eating comes around even a little bit that they will release him tomorrow. He'll be on a portable heart monitor at least for a few days just to keep track of things, but other than that we think he'll be "tube free" and with a limited amount of medication.

That's good news for all of you. Only a couple more blogs from the hospital and then hopefully less frequent updates of Ben's continued progress. Plus, if he gets out tomorrow, it will be day 16, one day shy of his 17 day stay as an infant.

We receive the blessing of God as offered through you, our friends and family, with deep gratitude.