Much Better!

We just met with the doctor, and Grady's going to be sent home sometime later this morning! Last night, Grady started to get his spunk back! He ate some ice cream and had lots of fun eating ice chips. This morning he got up and ate almost a whole pancake! We are so happy to see his appetite starting to come back and act like himself again. They might put one more bag of antibiotics through him before they take his IV out and let him go, so we're just waiting on that. After three nights in this room, this little boy is ready to get home and play :)

Sick Little Buddy

Our poor little guy was admitted to the hospital Saturday night after being pretty darn sick since last Monday. We had him at the doctor on Wednesday, and finally took him to the ER Saturday night concerned that it had gone on for too long after the limp, tired little boy had his temperature spike up pretty high once again...and looked pretty bad for being such a cute little man! It turns out that he has pneumonia and influenza A (which they told us is probably H1N1, but they can't officially tell us that until the test comes back in another day or so).

Today his vitals are doing better, but he's still not interested in eating or drinking. They increased his fluids a little and the doctor said they want to see him with a bit more of an appetite and definitely drinking some more before they send him home. We could possibly get to go home this evening if any of this would happen and he perks up after his nap this afternoon! It's challenging keeping a one-year-old in a hospital room hooked to an IV, and I know he misses Ella! They've never been apart this long. We're praying he can go home asap, but know he's in the right place to get better!

Apple Orchard

On Sunday afternoon we took a much-needed family day and went to Wilson's Orchard near Iowa City. It's a really neat orchard that I heard about from a friend and was worth the drive! There was a tractor-pulled wagon that brought us down into the orchard to get all the apples, (which Grady of course loved) a pumpkin patch, and let's not forget the most amazing warm apple turnovers ever - worth every minute of the half-hour wait in line :)

So it was pointless to try and pick the apples for ourselves as self-appointed bucket holder, Grady, thought it was more fun to throw the apples.

Look mom, I found a pumpkin!

but I want a pumpkin too...