Health and Hospitals

Our little adventure in the hospital has reached its end. Jesse should be going home tonight, something of which he’s been looking forward to for the last couple of days. His white blood cell count has returned to a healthy level (3.7 yesterday! A big change from 1.3!!) The doctors have removed Jesse from the TPN (food through a bag), and he’s graduated to eating on his own now. He’s on a low-residue (low fiber) diet, and will need to take the transition fairly slowly, but his appetite is completely back. Before we went to the hospital, he hadn’t had an appetite for about two weeks, off and on. Guess I better start getting into the groove of grocery shopping again! It was cute—his night nurse last night was so excited for Jesse to be off the TPN and getting prepared to be discharged. She’s been one of his main nurses the full 9 days and has invested a lot of time and care with him. Last night, we all just wanted to throw a celebration. He’s the youngest (by far) on the floor, and the nurses have enjoyed visiting with him and getting to know him. Jesse will begin taking Remicade—an infusion drug—and we hope and pray it will be affective, and he’ll begin to feel comfortable being more active. Thank you for all your prayer and support--God was with us throughout this whole process, and we definitely felt your prayers.