Home on the Range

Things are slowly getting better here at home. Gabe still isn't wanting to eat much, but hopefully that will change soon. He had one day this week when we saw his former appetite at all three meals. I thought we had turned the corner, but the next day, it was back to hardly eating. A boy can't live on American cheese alone, but if it were up to him....

We will be going to the cardiologist next week and they will likely conduct an echo cardiogram. We will know more about his heart function, etc. at that point. Assuming that we get a good report, I will likely start back to work a couple days a week. I am looking forward to that because I am not the best stay at home person. I don't think this weather helps much, we are going stir crazy. We try to get out for drives since we can't take him anywhere. Luckily there are still a couple people with Christmas lights up, which Gabe loves.

Sleeping has gotten a little better. Fingers crossed - we haven't had a nightmare for a couple days. Hopefully, that phase is over.

We are certainly seeing some of the results of his surgery. Gabe hasn't gotten winded once, even after taking on the stairs. It is awesome!

We haven't taken the opportunity to thank everyone who helped us out. First of all the doctors and nurses in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit were outstanding. As usually, we got incredible care and attention.

Also, thanks for the meals that people brought. You have no idea how helpful it was to not have to worry about cooking. Plus the hospital cafeteria got really old really fast.

Someone sent us a Curious George DVD and there was no name on it. Whoever it was - thank you!

Thanks for all of the supportive visits, phone calls, texts and especially prayers. It is amazing to see how many lives Gabe has touched. It is especially moving to know since most of you haven't gotten to meet Gabe yet. That will hopefully change as soon as we get past our healing time. By spring, this kid will be all over the place!

Thanks again for everything and I will post the report from the doctor next week.