Recovery - Day 7 (one week in)

Everyday brings ups and downs. On the up side, Blake had another great night and morning. He's feeling terrific and playing all the time and practically back to normal in terms of activity level. His stats continue to remain good. We have been testing his blood sugars (on a meter that Bryan says is from 1940) before every meal and two hours after meals and all have been within normal range. And as a super-duper surprise Aunt Noo Noo showed up to say hi on her way from Austin to Louisiana; Blake was excited to show her the playroom!

On the down side, in order to do the full diabetes screening they had to draw a large amount of blood. Blake's veins are notoriously hard to draw, so he got stuck 3 times and every moment was pure torture. To top it off, they send some of these tests away, so we might know the results until after we are home which is an awful waiting game. His right chest tube is still draining quite a bit (although still clear). They will be upping his diuretics today to try and dry him up some more, but the docs said that Sunday would be the earliest we would possibly go home and it could be as late as Wednesday (ugh).

So, we have a plan in place to celebrate Mason's 5th birthday in the hospital, and we continue to wait.

The better Blake feels the harder it is to stay cooped up in the hospital with the endless tests, it's just too difficult for a three-year-old to understand why he can't play like normal at home.

Thank you all for continuing to pray for Blake!