Outta There

We have left the hospital and are at Tim's parents' house in Jeff City! We were just absolutely shocked and amazed when the doctor came in today and said, "I'm sorry, but we've over-estimated the amount of time you needed to spend here. Would you like to go home?" (We had previously been told we couldn't leave until at least Tuesday.) We just stared at her. Tim had teased her yesterday and for a few moments we thought she was messing with us. But amazingly enough, it was true! It turns out the "bug" that they found in Blaze's bloodstream was actually a contamination. It was a bacteria found from skin, not growing in his bloodstream. His fever had been caused by his double ear infection, not by anything else. The heavy duty antibiotic rounds they gave him cleared up his ear infection and we left before noon today.

We are so incredibly grateful to have our well child out of the hospital and back in the loving arms of family. It's mind-boggling to consider we went from "isolation" with required masks and gloves to walking out the door.

Thank you so much for the kind emails, calls and texts. This was a scary and stressful stay for us, we thought it would be an easy over-night procedure and it appeared to be something potentially life-threating. Your prayers and support really encouraged and helped us. Thank you! Please sign the guestbook. We love the encouragement.

Looking forward to a night's sleep without alarms going off and no masked nurses with flashlights to scare our boy...Joy