DAY FOUR

GREAT NEWS--PARKER CAME HOME TODAY!

For now he must be on the oxygen and Jen is to work on getting him to take more formula by thickening it with rice cereal so that it won't be so easily aspirated. It is a real challenge as he pushes the bottles away. He does eat some baby food but the doctors want him to consume 24 oz of formula a day so that he gets the nutrition and calories he needs. He will see the cardiologist again in a couple of weeks and then they will resume further tests sometime after that.

My service is wrapping up here, so I purchased a ticket to return home on Wednesday the 12th. All of the doctor visits and testing are going to go on for sometime and over time I am sure this little family will learn to cope with it all and get along fine. They have a good support group here with friends and ward members. This next week is finals week for Jason's classes but he has already put his finals on line and then next week is spring break. So it is a good time for me to leave as he will be around to help over the next couple of weeks.

And so, life goes on.