The ride is slowing down?

Wow what a day.... The longest drive to Children's Hospital was by far this morning. There were so many unknowns and anxious expectations.

As we arrived at the hospital earlier this morning we tried to prepare ourselves for what was going to be going on. I guess the hardest part was knowing that when we left last night that Colby wasn't hooked up to anything except his monitors and yet a few hrs later we were going to be back on IV lines. As we walked up to his room we could hear his distinct little cry and noticed that there were a couple of nurses attending to him. As soon as we crossed the thresh hold of his room they asked us to wait back out in the reception area b/c they were trying to finish some things up which of course made us even more stressed. When we got back to the reception desk we saw one of our doctors and asked her what was going on she told us that everything was going to be OK..... Of course we wanted to see it to believe it. The Dr repeatedly told us that he was OK and she would come get us as soon as we could return to his room. 30 seconds later we were on our way to see Colby...

Within a few minutes we had been brought up to speed and the doctor was coming in to meet with us. He and his team were very optimistic in their tone as they re-assured us that he was doing OK. During our discussion they went through the list of possible causes for his middle of the night episode.... Of course most of the potential issues were not pleasant or things we wanted to discuss. At the end of the discussion he had given us his assessment and recommended solution. The preliminary assumption is that he should be back on track real soon and the festivities of the night were most likely caused by a change in his prescribed medications.....
He has continued to improve throughout the day and the nurses say he is doing great. We like to hear these great words come regarding our precious Colby.

Despite the chaos of the early morning things have slowed down as the day has progressed. So far all of the test results have been good and they have once again started removing support items from him. Hopefully he will be able to go home to see his big brother real soon.....

Thanks again for all of the prayers.... God has once again given us strength and courage through another rocky day.

As many of you lift up voices in prayer tonight on behalf of our family and Colby i would ask that you also remember the many other families that are riding this same roller coaster here at Children's hospital. Every time I walk back to our room I quickly remember how blessed we are and it really puts into perspective how well Colby is doing. We must continue to focus on God and remember that He has a plan and I am certain that He has great things in store for our lives through little Colby Chance.

Jason