Every Day is an Adventure

Every day we spend in the hospital seems like a new adventure because every day is filled with twists and turns, excitement and uncertainty; today was no different. Blake is doing amazingly well after his heart surgery, and the doctors couldn't be more pleased with his progress. But, we have been increasingly frustrated by the delay in getting all the doctors organized around the scheduling of Blake's feeding tube surgery. But, this delay may turn out to be a blessing.

I am very pleased to say that Blake is doing fantastic and has made a lot of progress on his feedings over the weekend and today. So much progress in fact, his team of doctors is starting to question the need to surgically insert a feeding tube. On Friday he was barely taking 1 feeding by mouth (and he would only take about 25%), and today he took 4 of his 8 feedings by mouth (and he took 75% +). They think that if he keeps progressing this well, he could be taking all of his feedings by mouth very soon which would negate the need for a feeding tube at all. This is very exciting news because of course we would like nothing more than for him to eat on his own, however it also adds more uncertainty (for those of you who know Tiffany, you know how much she hates uncertainty). If we continue down this road, the next milestone (and the final one for this first surgical phase) is Blake taking all of his feedings by mouth, then we get to go home. Because we can't predict exactly how long that will take we can't predict exactly how long we will be here.

Once again, it is a day by day journey, and we have to wait and see what tomorrow brings. We are keeping our faith that everything is happening for a reason, and God is listening to our prayers. Thanks for continuing to think about us and for every body's kind messages and prayers.