A Day in the Life...

Well, the rest of our day went pretty well. We got some visitors which was super fun!
I was missing my little Ellie girl, so Mom and Barb came down to hang out awhile. I couldn't
believe how much better Ellie was walking than 3 days ago! I thought she was doing pretty good on Tues when I last saw her, but wow....I have to say the girl impresses me! How fun! We now
officially have 2 toddlers in our house ;)

The cutest lil monkies in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gabe with his first treat after the endoscopy....CHIPS of course...that are on his gluten free diet.

Here he is checking out all his cards from his sunday school buddies. Our Pastor came down to hang out with us for awhile this afternoon/evening too and blessed us with LOTSA yummy snacks and candy that are on Gabe's diet. He coulda cared less about the candy....he went straight for the chips and proceeded to eat over half the container, a whole hamburger, applesauce, corn, and green beans for supper. The poor kid had been asking for food the minute he stopped eating at 8 this morning. So I'd say he had a full tummy when he went to sleep tonite.

Ma-Maw and Aunt Emily came right after the procedure and watched him so I could hava break and head down to the cafeteria for supper. I just have to say this is the BEST hospital cafeteria I have EVER seen (not that I've seen many) but the food here is amazing! A big Edy's ice cream machine, lotsa yummy choices for other desserts, awesome salad bar, deli, grill......wow....I was so impressed. Oh and I got a bowl of soup for lunch today for only $0.19 because whatever the temperature is outside in the morning, that's what price your bowl of soup is! How cool is that?!??!?!?

Right before they took him back and away from my arms. It was heart breaking....even though it was a pretty simple procedure, I was still a little nervous with him being put under anesthesia for the first time. He did great EXCEPT, when Dr. Hatch came out, he said it took him 3 different drugs to get him to finally quit talking and go to sleep ;) Now why doesn't that surprise me??

So, it did take him longer than normal to wake up then, but they said that was because the 3rd drug was pretty heavy duty for a little guy. The nurses also told us that he kept telling them they were all done the whole time they were trying to get him to go to sleep. They all got a laugh outa that ;) We were just so thankful everything went okay.

He said everything actually looked pretty good and did NOT look like Celiac disease BUT the biopsy results would be the defining factor if he has it or not. We won't know those results for a few days. Sooooooo, since he is eating well, keeping things down and getting onrier by the minute......we may get to come home tomorrow!!!!! Yahoo!!!!!!!

He got a wagon ride down to procedure and the minute we put the smart fart in, he knew it wasn't gonna be just any ol fun ride. How do these little creatures get such big brains1?!?!?!?!

My Aunt Jen also paid us a visit today and brought fun new things to play with...HENCE stickerface! We tried everything to keep the monkey content until he could get outa his cage.

He was the happiest kid EVER when he heard he could finally leave the room. He was a little unsure of his surroundings for a bit HENCE the thumb.....but he soon warmed up when he saw the toy room.

A man on a mission....FREEDOM and toys!!! Yeeha!

Daddy spent some good quality time so Mommy could have some quiet lunch time.

Still got smiles!

The onery Gabe is definatley back in service....Jason asked me tonite if I'm ready for that kid to be back and there was no thinking about it. YES! I'd rather have this kid than the little guy that can't stop throwing up, just wants to be held and says, "Mommy, I hurt....Kiss it." I'm not sure how much more this Mama Bear heart can take.

Behold, THE LOOK.....the gleam that has returned to the eyes...BEWARE.....

Yes, it's good to see the smiles and hear his laughs again. Thank you for sharing a day in our life at the hospital hotel. I honestly have to say, despite the reason we've been here, I seriously felt like I was on some sort of vacation. No laundry.....no cooking...no alarm clocks.....someone always coming in and asking if we needed anything.

I have no idea how to act when we get home!!! And we have met some pretty amazing people in the process. I got to spend some time with our resident doctor tonite and discovered what a small world we live in yet again. She had done some job shadowing with Dr. Brewer (one of the docs I just started working for) and has been super sweet and helpful.

I should get to bed.....love you all....Blessing and Hugs.....Laura and the monkeys