Wed. 4/2 - update

When I got back to the hospital last night, things continued to be bad. All night he was either throwing up or having diarrhea at least every 30 minutes. He would sleep maybe 15-20 minutes and then start crying. I began to get pretty worried after several hours of this. Finally, his nurse gave him some med to help relax him and make him sleep. He definitely needed it. We slept 2 hours and then it started up again. At about 8:00 this morning, he got sick again and that was the last time all day! You could tell he felt so much better. We laughed and played and he even wanted to go for a "walk." (you know he's feeling good when he doesn't want the wagon) We walked down to the coke machine to get another PowerAde, and then he wanted to go outside. It was still pretty chilly then, so we just stepped out for a few minutes. The remainder of the day was so good! When the drs. came in this morning, they wanted to run some tests to make sure it wasn't just some virus he caught while here. (I pray it was just a stomach bug and not related to his problem). This afternoon I was eating a granola bar and all of a sudden he reached out his hand and said, "I want some." (if he ever eats anything, it's always forced, so this was great to hear!) I broke off maybe 1/4 of it and he ate it no problem. Then later he wanted some Fruit Loops. (ate maybe 6-7 of those) Later on I asked him if he wanted a bite of banana (or something), and he said, "No, I'll just wait for my pizza!" I was shocked. So....I called up Pizza Hut (his favorite) and we had us a "Pizza Party" tonight. I cut him a very small slice and then broke it up into maybe 15 bite size pieces. We thought he might just eat a couple at most. Nope! He cleaned his plate!!! Praise God!! This was a HUGE milestone for Caed. Then the question became: would he be able to keep it down? So far, as I write this, it's been about 4 hours! Such a praise!!! When the night nurse was checking Caed's vitals, she looked at me and said, "His bowels sound great!" Such a simple statement, and she probably had no clue how powerful those 4 little words were to me. I'm not saying that Caed's body is back to normal by any means; however, I am so encouraged with these few little (huge to us!) steps of progress. We pray for more to come............