Getting Caught Up

Our last 24 hours in the hospital was busy.  Since we came home it has been even busier!  Let's jump back to Friday afternoon and get all caught up slide-show style.

It had been a couple of days since Aidan had had a bath.  Between being in bed, being painful after the final leg procedure, taking pain medicine, and recovering from anesthesia, Mr. Sweaty-Boy wasn't smelling baby fresh.  His C.N.A. for the day, Asiel, got everything set up and helped us give him a bath.  He had a great time playing with the bubbles from the shampoo.

I've got bubbles on my nose!

Once he was nice and clean we decided it would be good for him to spend some time out of bed.  He seemed to be feeling good.  I picked him up and realized that this was the first time in almost a week that I had held him upright like normal and given him a regular hug.  That felt really nice.  He enjoyed looking out the window at the city traffic for a bit and then we decided to get out of the room for a while--regular kid style. 

Feeling a little more like normal.

Hanging out with Daddy enjoying the view.

Before going home from the hospital there is a short list of things that need to be taken care of: pain under control, keeping down fluids and food, tolerating taking medications, plus a few other important things.  Let's just say that by mid-evening we were fairly certain that we would be taking our little guy home the next day.

Mission accomplished! 

After about an hour and a half playing with toys in the activity room and another stroll around the unit in the wagon I figured that Aidan would be ready to turn in early for once this week.  Mr. Alan was Aidan's nurse for his last evening in the hospital.  He really likes to play with kids!  It's so fun to watch!

Mr. Alan strikes again.  "If I give him these glow sticks, do you think it will keep him awake?"  "Nah!"

Once asleep, Aidan slept well through the night and got the okay for discharge early the next morning.  As with any hospital discharge, there are always quite a few things to be done before you can actually go home.  You can see his 180 foot in this picture pretty well. 

One more movie while Mom and Dad pack up

When we were finally ready to head out, we let Aidan play with the house that he likes in the play area for a little bit just to make sure to end his stay on a good note.  Apparently, his whole stay was a "good note" because he didn't want to leave. 

Funky!  How does he manage to sit like that?

The first thing that Aidan wanted to do when he got home was to play with his toys.  He started with Playmobil and made his way around the living room from there.  Within the course of two hours the room was a wreck!  We know who the primary living room messer-upper is!

Home is where your junk is.

He also surprised us by beginning to move himself around much earlier than we would have guessed.  We figured that we would be moving him around the house for the next week or two.  Instead, he was rolling from one place to another almost right after we got home!  By the evening, he was attempting to crawl at times and had been "knee-standing" at the train table to play.  The next day he figured out crawling and isn't having any difficulty getting where he wants to be at this point.  Did anyone say, "activity restrictions"?  I don't know how we would get that across to him!  Two days ago he was discovered climbing up the slide and was taken down, then was brought inside after he was found near the top of the ladder to the playhouse.  Thankfully, Kipper the Dog cartoons are a good distraction!

Playtime with Tierney

The cupcake chef hard at work.

King Kong has got nothin' on this kid!

Since coming home, Aidan has been a bit more fussy and crabby than he was in the hospital.  We are trying to find the right mix of play, medicine, movies, and sleep.  Thank you, again, to all who have kept him in your prayers!  And THANK YOU to those of you who have generously brought us meals!  What a blessing you all are to us.

The life of leisure.