December 5, 2011 (Evening)

We are home, praise the Lord!

We were able to leave the hospital at a good time, getting home a little after 10pm. SD took the trip home pretty well; his only hard time was when he woke up as we were grabbing dinner. As usual, he wanted to eat but wasn't able to. He acted a bit uncomfortable in his car seat, but went back to sleep not long after we got back on the road.

The only other exciting thing about our trip home is that, while we were on the freeway, the alligator balloon suddenly popped with a loud bang! At first, we weren't sure what it was, and Stephen was pulling over to the side of the road when we discovered it was just the balloon and not anything important with the car. SD slept right through it.

We had turned our heat down at home, so we spent the first couple of hours there just getting warm. Shortly after this picture was taken, SD was changed and put in bed. He wasn't excited about having to go to bed, but he took it pretty well. Normally at home SD sleeps on his belly, but tonight he slept on his side.

At first when we got home, it felt like the whole ordeal with SD's sickness was finally over. But we realize it is only beginning.

We established a "medicine cupboard" for SD. With five regular medicines (four or six doses a day, depending on the day), and four other "as-needed" medicines, we needed some organization. On the door of his medicine cupboard, we posted his medication schedule and also a register for us to keep track of when he gets what.