Monday, May 11, 2009

Where's Ayden???

Can you find him??



How about in these pics...




Yes... he cleared out my pots and pans (and put them all on the stove) and then proceeded to hang out in the cupboard for oh about 15-20 minutes. He brought a flashlight, bowl, and spoon in for comfort... and before that he was talking with Grandma. So now you know Ayden's new hangout.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

We are HOME!!

Yippy... it was a short stay. The Dr was happy w/ everything and we busted out at about 10am. He took a good nap in the car b/c he didn't sleep that well as the nurse had to get his vitals taken every 4 hrs. He woke up happy and hasn't needed anything for the pain since last night... so that is good.

Some how he managed to take out his IV in his sleep and it didn't bleed. The nurse was impressed, but those w/ preemies know they are capable of doing almost anything... LOL

Now the hard part will be keeping the area dry for the next week...

Thanks for checking in!

Friday, May 8, 2009

the final step, we hope...

Today, Ayden had his stoma surgically closed. It was almost closed, but for some reason when you use it to make farting noises, it stays open. Surgery went well according to Ayden's Dr, although waking up from surgery he was one pissed off kid. Even though he could barely hold his head up, he was determined to get down off of mom or dad's lap and run around the recovery unit. Of course, he was a hit w/ the nurses, espcially when they started giving him stickers and he would say "thank you"and give them a BIG Ayden smile.

Tonight has been rough, they haven't unhooked him from his IV, but he has left it in, so that is 1/2 the battle. There haven't been enough Elmo videos in the world to keep him relaxed. He is either in some pain or his body doesn't like tylenol w/ codine. We aren't in the PICU (pediatric ICU) like we normally are, so unfortunately, no one knows us or him and we don't know anyone either.

Sorry it's so late updating, I couldn't get the computer to work. Chris and Ayden are probably falling asleep together and I walked down the hall to the lounge.

Thanks for checking in w/ us.

2009... A year in review of pictures...