Wow....

We were pleasantly surprised to see our mailbox full of cards today! It probably took us a half hour to read all the cards... They made our day, and we are so grateful. We are amazed at how many cards we get normally, but this was crazy (a great crazy!). Some of the "cards" were from Linda's 3 year old class. They drew us a "picture" and Linda wrote down what they had to say to us. My personal favorite: "Come home from the hospital and get better sometimes I puke." Followed in a close second by "Go home. This is a giant". (Sorry you can't see his giant) Needless to say, they were very fun to read.
We just wanted to say thanks to everyone (big and small) who have sent us cards over the last few weeks. Here's our thank yous from today...
Thanks...
Wes and Amy
Ed, Melissa, Brooke, Chase, Sheldon and Brelle
Grandma and Grandpa Pritchard
Alisha, Pam and Jerry
Don and Sharon
Dave, Jude and Isaiah
Ray, Pam, Holly, Amber and Blake
Terry and Ginny
Lynn and Betty (thanks for the picture, that was great!)
Ken and Judy
Ronald and Irene
Mike, Pam and Emilee
and.. Linda's class at Stepping Stones

You all made our day. :)

A little early...

... P.S. Micah, you were supposed to come out today. But we're glad to have you anyway. Happy due date, bubba!

Procedure and surgery

The doctors were able to get both the lung scope and the surgery planned for the same day, this friday. It'll be midday, around 11. The scope will only take a half hour, and the surgery probably close to two. Please pray they find out what's going on with his breathing, and that they don't find any major problems.

Happy 1 month birthday, Micah!!!

Here are some pictures of our little man from the last two weeks... Sorry it took so long to get pictures up. And yes, I have to eat some humble pie served up by my mom... Micah's hair does have a hint of red! We can't believe how much different it looks than when he was born! Enjoy the pics. Hopefully we will have more coming soon!

Picture problems, sorry...

We're having trouble getting the pictures off our camera... if it's not one thing, it's another. We'll try to get pictures up soon.
Things have been pretty slow around here. Nothing exciting happening. Still planning on surgery on the 2nd, and still no word on the ENT/pulmonary scope. They were supposed to have a date for us on Thursday... not that I'm impatient or anything.
We ventured for an afternoon out on the town yesterday... It's the first time I've been in a store in about 8 weeks. It was only Walmart, but you better believe I didn't care. It was nice to get out and be reminded... it's fall... not summer anymore. The leaves probably change a lot later here than home, I guess we'll see.
They're going to make me a germ-o-phobe yet... They've taken all the magazines and toys out of the waiting rooms, and have all but locked down the inpatient/ICU areas. Now, you have to go to the front desk, give them the name of who you are visiting... they call and confirm, they take your name down, give you a bracelet, unlock the elevator and designate which floor it can go to. It's a little crazy, really.

We're looking at a long time down here...

I think we'll have to call this home for a little longer than we hoped. The lung scope test should yield some results in the trach department, but if a trach is needed, we'll be down here a few weeks after the trach is placed. There are a lot of potentials ways to help him manage his airway, but we won't know anything until the lung scope. Still no word when that scope will be done (even though they said they'd tell us today... grrr!)
Micah had another okay day... they decided to give him blood because his red blood cells count remained low for a few days. They'd wait it out except that he's going into surgery next week.
Our "pod" (room) of kids got pretty empty today, half the kids moved out! The little neighbor girl had surgery this morning so I'm sure if their family could use some prayer.
We're just so proud of how Micah is doing, and we love him so much. We also love the staff because they love our baby too. The physical therapist just gets the biggest kick out of Micah because he has a LOT of personality. He's pretty fun.

Yummy food and relaxation... (sort of)

I'm sitting here enjoying my cheeseball that was sent for me. Made my day...
Micah had a good day today. He got his NJ (feeding tube) put back in. Bugged him a lot at first, but overall not nearly as much as last time he took a field trip to radiology. Micah was super awake for a lot of the day today. He was pretty content. It was really nice that he was stable because we were able to come back to the house and rest. It's amazing how sitting in the hospital can be exhausting, but it is. Tomorrow will hopefully be good as well.
The big news is that his G-J tube placement (his feeding tube in his stomach) will be placed on October 2nd. The ENT doctors want to do a scope to check out his airway and lungs. Both require general anesthesia which is a bummer. That procedure isn't planned, but hopefully it'll be the beginning of next week. He'll keep the breathing tube at least through the lung scope.
We're also enjoying fancy peanut butter... I never thought there was much of a difference, but this choosy mom chooses peter pan. :) (Travis just shook his head and called me a nerd. I thought it was funny).
Have a good night.