Feeling Better!

Lots of updates today...

First, thanks for your prayers for our family this week as we get through our first family sickness together. I think we're finally all over the worst of our stomach bug! Ethan's even gotten back to a more "normal" eating schedule - meaning that he's not taking all 4 oz. of his bottle like he was pre-surgery, but at least he's eating 2.5-3 oz. every 3 hours. Since surgery, he would even skip feedings all together, and being sick this week, it's not surprising that he wasn't much into eating at all. I'm just glad that he's at least taking most of his bottle each time and not skipping any more feedings.

Second, Ethan does continue to wake up several times each night, although it's starting to get spaced out to every 3-4 hours, which is better than getting woken up every hour! As the stay-at-home parent, I am the one who gets up to check on Ethan every time he cries so my sleep has been quite interrupted this week, which I think has contributed to me being the slowest to recover from this stomach bug!

Third, Ethan got his chest tube sutures removed this week and his nurse at the pediatrician said he was still healing great with no sign of infection! He was such a brave boy and didn't squirm or even make the slightest sign of discomfort while the sutures came out!

Finally, thanks for your prayers for baby girl Annabelle Butcher! Her surgery went well today, but she definitely still needs prayers as the next 24-48 hours are very critical, as it's the time when the most swelling occurs. Again, you can follow her journey at their blog site: http://www.babygirlbutcher.blogspot.com/. We know just what they're going through - it's hard to believe we were in their shoes almost 6 months ago - boy does time fly by!