Movin' on Up...

You have to sing that title with a Jackson 5 flair...sorry, felt the need to give a shout out to the "King of Pop" today, may he rest in peace.

Alex munched on some Cheerios and orange juice for breakfast. He is handling it very well so far, so they gave him oral pain medication and will wait about 1/2 an hour before taking him off his morphine pain pump. That will be nice b/c then he will be completely disconnected from his IV's for the rest of the day (and maybe for the rest of our stay!). The dietician from the TPN team came by and said they will either decrease his TPN calories and volume or take him off of it totally tonight. It all depends on how his intake throughout today goes. If they take him all the way off it that means last night's bag will hopefully be the last one he will need!


Yesterday the nurse from healing services, Barb, came by and did a Healing Touch energy treatment with Alex. As I mentioned before, his heart rate has been very high throughout his stay, and directly after the treatment it went down to the lowest it's been yet (100 bpm...about 15 lower than the lowest before). It was amazing to watch. We talked for a long time about energy healing and how it's making it's way into the mainstream hospitals. They've done lots of research regarding how it impacts healing. Here's the website she gave me...I found it interesting- http://www.healingtouch.net/.


Things are really going well. It looks like we may be here for a little longer than we were originally told (5-7 days after surgery), but we are in no rush. Driving vs. flying gives us a lot of flexibility as far as all the logistics go. We have been trying to focus on the following verse throughout this whole process, and I think with every step we get a little better at reducing our anxiety and trusting in God to take care of everything from the big stuff like surgery to the small stuff like the where to stay, etc.
Phil. 4:4-9
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

God has certainly given us so many "praiseworthy" things to focus on throughout this journey, including our loved ones around us. Thank you for everything...