The Puddles

It is the end of Day 5.  Do you want to know when it time to go home? When your son wears his name tag off.  They are having to scrounge up a new one tonight.  The day has been somewhat uneventful.  No major tests.  We did have several visitors which brightened Ben’s day.  Ms. Shirley , Mr. Lawrence, and Ms. Jan came for a visit today.  They sat with Ben for an hour while I took a break.  It was good that they came when they did. I was exhausted.  My morning coffee caffeine load had run dry and I was needing some caffeine to finish out the day until 9pm.

The moment of the day was when Ben shooed me out the door after I told him that I was leaving.  He said, “I’ll be fine. GO!” Ben really likes the balloons that they brought but I am slowly loosing my patience with them.  He thinks that they are a batting toy of some sort. But they are cute!

We go in for some tests tomorrow.  This may be our ticket home, so I hope that they turn out well.

We met a friend tonight. Her name is Shelby and she has been here for two weeks.  She has a condition where she was born with only half of her heart.  She is five and has a John Deere peddle tractor that she rides all over the 15th floor.  Ben had his police car and Shelby had her tractor and they made a lap around the 15th floor.  Ben hardly said two words to her, but he said that he was so excited to have a hospital friend. He is planning on asking her to ride with him tomorrow.

We came back from our ride and took a hospital bath that includes cleaning our hair.  Ben said that he feels so much better now. We have our jammies on and we are getting ready for bed.  Dad should be here soon and then I am off to bed as well.  Sorry there are not any pictures today.  Hopefully Dad will upload some tonight on his blog.  Until the morning . . . good night!