Day 2 at the hospital and things are looking a little more complicated than we hoped. They think that his right kidney may have gotten bruised (which is apparently common) so we may be in here a little longer than my overly optimistic prediction of two days. Today he woke up and looked like the stay puff marshmallow man so we just hooked him back up to his machine.

Sometimes because he looks so normal, you play this mind game with yourself, maybe the doctors are wrong, maybe his kidneys started to work, and with every surgery, maybe this will be what fixes everything, and it will all go back to normal—-but seeing him today made me realize all over again how sick he is.

I know that I have to come to terms with all this, and for the most part, most days I am, but it just keeps happening. It’s still happening, over and over, and when your kid is sick, you just can’t function. Even when Lauren is sick, it’s like the world stops until she is better. And THIS is like a whole new level of sick. There are always like a million doctors around and none of them can do a darn thing to make him better, to fix him. I can’t wait until this hospital stay is over, and we get our happy, giggly, curious baby boy back. Time stands still here, it’s like it sucks out the world and you exist in this new hospital world, it’s weird.

Anyway, I am going to get back to Gavs, hopefully I will find some time to sneak away and give some more updates. Your comments and guestbook entries really help liven up our spirits. It helps to know there are an army of people out there thinking of him and wishing him well. I think Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving is on, so Gavs may get his first dose of Charlie Brown!

Gavin is out of surgery and doing good, his pain seems much better controlled today then on Wednesday and he’s talking and just ate. Surgery was a success so now we will wait and see how everything plays itself out. We are hoping to be out of here in about two days so let’s cross our fingers that all goes as planned! Thanks for all the good thoughts!

Parking Garage Air never smelled so sweet! They decided to train us on his cares and RELEASE us after all until Sunday so we are on our way to home sweet home! We are going to pick up our roller blading fool Lulu and take the kiddos home! We’ll just have some relaxing house bound days until Sunday. Normal Days—how precious!

Hi all!

Gavin is doing great, he is flirting with all the nurses so is getting extra special attention (no one can believe those cheeks and that smile!) He ate like a horse this morning so that was really good and they are just monitoring his oxygen. We thought about removing the IV but since they have to go back in on Sunday they are just going to keep it in (we will be here, no early release, bummer). He gets another night off of dialysis to help him heal some and then he will start up again tomorrow night and Saturday before they go in again.

It’s amazing how when you are in that room your fight instinct just kicks in. We are all feeling strong, thanks so much for always being there to support us and him, it’s because we have such a wonderful support system that we can do this! Lauren has informed me that the manatee is a sea cow and is a little peeved mommy isn’t there at bed time so is making daddy read four stories instead of 2! Thanks mom, dad and T for spoiling her rotten while we are here! Keep up the good thoughts!

Gavin is waking up from surgery and is doing well, a little sore as anticipated. They were not able to do all that they need to do so they are going to have to do another surgery on Sunday. It is unclear if he will have to be in the hospital until Sunday, they will have to see how he does tonight. Thanks for all the prayers and keep praying for Sunday! He was all smiles today and I can’t wait to hold my beautiful baby boy again!