Well, it happened--we got kicked out of our room last night. The lame part about it was that they didn't tell us until about 9pm when we were are all ready for bed. In fact, they didn't call us or page us, we went down to say goodnight to Eli and drop off the milk from Adrienne's 8pm pumping and they just nonchalantly said "Oh yeah, we're going to need your room back tonight." Thanks a lot for the notice. We were pretty peeved about it, but I think we've largely gotten over it now that we had a good night sleep in our queen-sized bed at home. It also made the decision for us about when to go home and when to get Caleb back from Grandma and Grandpa's house.
So the plan is to get Caleb back tomorrow and he'll be with me (Ryan) at home from here on out. Adrienne will be at the hospital most of the time. Obviously I want to see Eli, so on one day a week I will bring Caleb to the hospital and Adrienne will take him to the play room and spend time with Caleb while I hang out with Eli, then another day have someone like a grandma, auntie, friend, etc. hang out with him while I visit Eli, and then Adrienne can stay with Caleb at home for a morning while I tend to Eli at the hospital. I think this will be better for everybody, re-establish some normalcy and also get some home time for our family now that Eli is in less critical condition.
Now for the Eli update. He had another good, uneventful night. As we speak the nurse is taking out 2 of the 3 drainage tubes in his chest and the third will most likely come out tomorrow. She also put back in an NG tube because they are going to start feeding him again today! It will only be 1cc/hr to start, but they want to get his digestion system going again before they increase it. Tomorrow they will probably get a little more aggressive with his feeding. It sounds like he'll have the breathing tube in until Monday most likely, but it could be as soon as tomorrow. We'll pray that that's the case. We are sure looking forward to Eli Unplugged!
We also ask prayer for the family next door to Eli. They came in the same night as Eli and we have gotten to know them a little bit. They are a Hispanic family from Puyallup, Novia (mom), Jaime (dad), and their 17 month old daughter Ava. Ava has a heart condition as well. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with it, but it is serious and there were a couple times where they thought they might lose her. She's been stable now for about 48 hours and sounds like they may have found a medicinal solution, but it is still very scary. We have cried and prayed with them for Ava and Eli. Thankfully Novia and Jaime are believers as well. So as you're praying for Eli, send up a little extra love for Ava and her family too.
Continued thanks for your prayers and standing with us through this, good times and bad.
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