Jude, his Grandma Forbes and I built a gingerbread train today. Tonight Jude did something he has never done before. He shoved a candy from the train up his nose. Jude came up to me and Andy and said “there is candy up my nose.” He said that he tried to get it out, but …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Day by Day
I’m having a hard time keeping track of what day it is and what happened when and haven’t really processed all that has happened, so this post is for me. November 21, 2010 (Sunday) This all began on Sunday, November 21, 2010. Jude, Levi and I were outside playing hard. We were sledding in the front …
Back Home!
Today we awoke with the expectation that we’d be moved upstairs to another room. Jude was only in ICU because of this saline drip, and so they could watch his sodium levels, but that came out last night and he was doing well. It was a bit of waiting to see what was going on, …
Saturday Update
Today was another pretty good day. This morning, Jude’s neurosurgeon came in and said that he wanted Jude to have as normal of a day as possible, as if Jude were at home. He did a pretty good job of it. Jude has a scooter that he found in the family lounge that he has …
About Jude
I’m no different than other parents. I am absolutely crazy about my boys and think they are truly exceptional kids. I really can’t say enough about Jude and I’m sure my bragging borders on obnoxious sometimes, but I can hardly help myself. From the day he was born, Jude was the love of my life …
Friday Update
Today was another good day. Jude continues to improve. He is still very thirsty, and begging for water. We hope that tomorrow he can begin having water. He has been very crafty in his requests. My mom was heading out to use the restroom when Jude said “While you’re gone, can you get some water …
Happy Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving, and post-op day 2. We have so much to be thankful for today. We are still in very high spirits, and just taking things one day at a time, allowing Jude the time to recover. One very small thing I’m thankful for is the laptop that was brought from home for us this …
Wednesday Updates
Last night we got a little more sleep. It wasn’t enough, but we take what we can get at this point. Sleep was interrupted at about 1:30 when Jude’s IV came out of the vein, dumping fluids into his tissue and causing his hand to swell. That meant he needed it removed and a new …
Word from the surgeon
Just a quick update that the surgeon came in and reported that surgery went well. He’ll be out soon.
Tuesday Updates
Jude is doing well today. Last night around 9:30, he was taken off his sedatives and allowed to wake up. The doctors wanted his ventilator tube removed, because it could cause him to contract pneumonia. It took him a while to come to, and it was hard for him to wake up in a hospital. …