What an eventful day we've had so far! Ethan is in a much better mood today - really starting to be the fun & playful guy we all know & love instead of the fussy & whiny kid we've had the past several days.
We played paper dolls this morning, as well as started making pipe cleaner & string puppy dogs from his Klutz activity book.
Then, right before noon, Ethan got his last chest tube removed! The pain med, combined with all the rain made for one sleepy boy, who I thought for sure would take a nap, but then we had a hospital- wide code red for a tornado warning so that kept his attention & he never fell asleep.
After the warning expired, Ethan got brave enough to let me leave him for 20min (most time he's been left alone previously was 5min for bathroom break) so I could run downstairs to the cafeteria to pick up lunch to bring back & eat with him. He one of his biggest hospital meals yet - 1/2 slice of NY style cheese pizza (which was huge & equivalent to 2 slices of take-out pizza), 1/2 small side salad, chocolate milk, & a few bite-size pieces of watermelon.
We took our second walk of the day around 2:30pm & now we're back in our room & resting. Oh, I mentioned that he's in a better mood - he just discovered the buttons on his bed that can adjust the bed position so he's enjoyed controlling that by himself - sitting up & laying back down. Up until today, we've been the ones controlling it & he didn't like it much!
Next update today will hopefully be from our new room on the floor!
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