Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Noah Update #2!

Noah was discharged tonight and we made it home around 8:30pm. After his nap this afternoon he was energized and ready to go! The Doc said he felt he was 50% better than last night and felt that he would be fine to go home and recuperate. He said he is contagious but only to kids 5 and under. So he will have to stay away from some of you for now. I think he said a through the end of the week?
So now we will just keep pushing the liquids and watch for signs of distress, etc. They said it would take about 2 weeks to get back to 100% again. Asthma is something we may have to discuss if he keeps struggling with the cough and labored breathing. R.S.V. can sometimes bring on Asthma and he did show signs of it from his lung x-rays. But we will cross that bridge when or if we need to.
He was a whole different kid this afternoon after getting some fluids and breathing treatments. He was back to our "little Noah Man"! I of course have to carry the camera everywhere we go so I added some pictures from the hospital to share with you.
Thank you again for all the calls, concerns and prayers. We appreciate the support we have from all of you. We will keep you posted and let you know if anything else changes. Bye for now, Erika


Before

After

The crib they had reminded me of a jail cell, what do you think?
Here Noah is enjoying some Ranch Pringles.
This was while he was on a clear liquid diet.
Cory's thoughts "Let the kid eat"!

It was so good to see that smile again!

6 comments:

Alison said...

Noah, Noah, Noah...
We are so happy to hear the good news that you are home. We have been praying for you to feel better and we will continue to pray that for you. Keep drinking that juice, buddy!

Hallie said...

So glad he is doing better. What a sweet little boy and it's so sad so see them sick. Please let me know if you need anything. I can run to the store or whatever if you need something. We'll continue to pray that he feels better.

Stender Statement said...

Erika..thanks for the updates. We were praying yesterday and will continue to do so! Glad that you guys are home and Noah is doing better.

Brooke said...

We are so glad that he is getting back to his Noah self! How hard this must have been for all of you! We will continue to pray that he will be fully healed from this nasty virus!

meghan said...

So happy that Noah is on the mend! He is such a little fighter! We will pray that he continues to get better- and that you and Cory stay well too.

Julie Stender said...

So glad to hear that he is home!!