Back in the Hospital again

Well, in my last post I wrote about how I knew I needed to leave D with his first fostermom. I really did need to. He ended up in the hospital. Within 24 hours of her picking him up, he had a fever. By Sunday afternoon she was taking him to the ER. He was admitted with another line/port/blood infection. :( After much consideration, T and I decided that we needed to stay and finish out our vacation with his family. (OK, T was the one with the clear head, and said it was the only decision we could make, and he was right. I'm glad he was there to make it, though, because it was tough.) Still, we knew D's first foster family would take good care of him, and they did. It was especially nice to know they were with him, because it sounded like a pretty chaotic night in the ER and admission. And chaotic is NOT what you want when your kiddo is in the hospital!

Anyway, we're back at home, with Z staying with T's parents as planned. J moved out into his apartment yesterday, and at the same time G and H spiked fevers and are definitely sick! This is more excitement than I need! T and I are back to splitting time between the hospital and home. Our volunteer grandmas from church are back on the job giving us breaks at the hospital.

Thankfully, D is responding well to medicine and is back to his normal self. They got us a mat to put on the hospital room floor and he loves to roll around on it! He's even rolling a new way since he was admitted! (Before he only rolled to his left - last night he rolled to his right! That's our boy!) Yesterday there was a moment that can only happen in a teaching hospital, I think. There was a doctor in by herself to do an evaluation and a nursing teacher and 2 nursing students changing D's IV meds when another team (one senior doctore and two juniors) came in. The doctors were talking back and forth and with me, and D was just flirting like crazy with one of the nursing students - laughing, grinning, and kicking the bed hard enough to make himself bounce! He's a fun kid!

So, we're back to our inpatient/busy lifestyle, and hoping it will end soon!