We spent today at the hospital with Evan. I didn't think he'd appreciate me posting pictures of him in his hospital gown, so you only get to see a bit of his arm as he is being comforted by Peter (Lavender's doll who is the star of Ezra Jack Keats' book The Snowy Day).
Evan had a spontaneous pneumothorax and had a tube surgically inserted in his chest. It seems to be working well and it looks like the hole in his lung has closed too. Tomorrow they will clamp the tube. If all goes well, they will remove it tomorrow and we will be able to fly home Friday.
One of the doctors told us that it is a good thing this happened before our flight. He said that if Evan had flown, it could have put pressure on the heart that would have been "incompatible with life." Interesting way to put it, but we are grateful for the timing, even if it meant spending a few more days away from home.
The hospital is really beautiful and they didn't even charge extra for this amazing view!
We had some other sad news today. Our dog Roxy passed away early this morning. Aaron got up early to let her out. She was curled up asleep next to the couch, but when he went to pick her up, he realized she was gone. Aaron, Ryan and Marianne buried her. We are sad not to be there to say goodbye, but grateful she died peacefully in her sleep. I don't have a picture of here on my phone, but here are a couple of blog posts with her picture. Scroll down near the bottom of both posts.
http://happyhartz.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-walking-secrets-part-2.html?
http://happyhartz.blogspot.com/2011/10/our-weekend-and-beyond.html?
Finally, I am grateful that Lavender was so good while sitting in a hospital room all day. She even took a nearly two hour nap. I consider it a miracle. Really it was a tender mercy from God. We celebrated by letting her ride up and down the escalator and letting her take a long bath before bed.
Melanie
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Has Lavender read Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats? If she loves Peter, she should read it. =)
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