Hospital Update (Friday)
Things are progressing nicely, but slowly. Even a minor rupture of the spleen can take a while to stop bleeding. There’s still abdominal pain, but all of the blood tests and other monitoring shows that things are going well, and that surgery will continue to be unnecessary. I have no doubts of the hand of God in protecting and healing my son, as this whole process could have been MUCH worse.
Now, the worst part of the process is boredom. The boy is spending a lot of time playing MegaMan games on his GameBoy. He’s coloring his felt-art picture, reading his “Foxtrot” and “Calvin and Hobbes” books. He’s already built his Lego kit (Brickmaster exclusive Jedi Starfighter) and is surrounded by a number of his stuffed animals. In the late morning, most of the kids TV channels go to the shows for the really young kids, so there’s no “Ed, Edd, and Eddy” for him to watch then. Today is also the day of his school’s promotion ceremony, and he’s bummed about missing that.
Today is probably the day that he’ll move to a regular room, also. That will mean a bit more visitors will show up. It should also mean that his Mom and I will be able to sleep better at night. Last night, I slept on the cold hard floor. Trust me, it was a vast improvement over pulling two chairs together. Shannon gets the recliner, but even that had to be pulled in especially for us, since ICU isn’t normally a place where people are allowed to sleep in.
My wife just called me while I typed this, and informed me that the surgeon checked him over and things look good. This means that he will be moving to a regular room sometime today, and most likely will be able to come home tomorrow. You can’t believe how happy this makes me.
Keep praying.
Dave
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