It’s another beautiful spring day. It was so warm for a few days this week John decided we need the AC on. I have this thing about not turning it on at least before May & this year he wanted it on before Mike’s birthday. He said we’d turn the heat on so why not the cool so the AC is on earlier then ever. Well as you all know by the end of the week we were back to needing heat.
We had a wonderful Easter. Starting with a perfect sunrise.
The youth group did a great job at the service. We then had breakfast at the church followed by a good church service.
We took dinner to Jeff & Amanda. After lunch Amanda hid a few eggs outside for Katelyn just for fun.
On Sat. morning (4-3) when Amanda called to check on the boys the Dr. picked up & said to her “Are you ready to take Brandon home?” She said “If he’s ready to come home.” The Dr. said ” I’m filling out his discharge papers right now you can come & get him when your ready.” So late afternoon Jeff & Amanda went & brought him home. When Dale’s brought Katelyn home she feel in love with him. So what a lovely Easter present they got this year.
They had to take Banjamin off the bottle & put him on a continuous feed. He was not digesting the milk properly then they tried formula & that didn’t work either so now he gets fed all the time. He gained weight each day this week & that’s a good thing. They now will back off his feeds to on 1 1/2 hrs. then off that long. When he proves he can handle that they will eventually work him up to a full feed then try the bottle again. They told Jeff & Amanda this is normal for babies with the intestine problem he had & his system needs to get use to working. So hopefully he is on his way to getting the bottle back. He did get moved to a crib room this week & that is one step closer to the door.
Brandon had an echo done on his heart on Fri. & the blockage is still there & the Dr. would like to do the balloon procedure in the next several weeks. Continue to pray for the boys that their hearts would heal & Benjamin’s digestive system would start working.
Pray for all of us especially Amanda that she’d know how to balance her time with wanting to go to the hospital every day & now having Brandon at home. She needs her rest so she doesn’t get sick & Brandon gets up about every 3 hours. So she is having to get use to getting up during the night again.
Another special day we had was Mike turned 26 on Thur. so we had some of his friends over for supper Thur. night. Not sure where the last 26 years went. I told him I’m honored to be his mom. Had a fun night with his friends & it was really special to have Jeff & Amanda here with Katelyn & Brandon.
Blessings to you in the week ahead.
