Kindergarten in the hospital

 Miss Debra comes each morning at 9am for an hour to work on school stuff. It started out rough until we set up some structure to his class time. We limit interruptions, we have a written schedule of the activities that will happen during that time and we keep things moving...without a lot of down time. He loves it and looks forward to it each morning. Miss Debra will continue school once we leave the hospital each day at clinic.

It warms my heart to see him smile. He laughs and teases...and is enjoying all kinds of new books that he reads to his teacher. Today, he was answering questions about himself...like most kids do in kindergarten...things like name, pets, age, height and weight...only in the hospital would a kid know the answer (in kilograms) to exactly how much he weighted..as he yelled 18.7 without hesitation! I guess if you get weighed twice a day and have an amazing memory, you can do that!

His spark is back..his precious, silly and wonderful little personality has returned full force. Even with his fragile status, he is healthier than he has ever been. God does miracles...what a gift it is watch it happen right before our eyes. This journey has been hard..and it is not over..but God has chosen to teach us so much, to pull us into his loving embrace..and to deep our assurance that He is sovereign, He is merciful, and He is good...all the time.

day +55: Temp is rising..

Just as we thought we were getting out of here, Elijah's temp is creeping up..it is 100.2 right now...100.4 and we stay at least 3 more days. Could you pray with us that he isn't developing something else?