7/15-A great night!

Well, it became clear as the hours passed that we weren't going anywhere last night, and we were totally frustrated, but of course, kids know better than we do. Without really realizing it, Aaron took that extra night as an opportunity to blow us all away with his progress. Firstly, and most importantly, his little intestines finally woke up from sedation and took care of the last bathroom issue that we had been waiting for. The photographic evidence is not suitable for posting or future scrapping, but let's just say it was the final thing that his doctors wanted to see :)
Also, after Chris and NanaGrampy went back to the hotel, I was getting Aaron ready for bed, but in his mind, the night had just begun.

His night nurse, Monica, got permission from his doctors to stop giving him fluids which meant he was no longer hooked up to any tubes. We were pretty excited about this, and to celebrate his independence from the IV stand, Aaron really wanted to get out of his room. We walked down to the playroom and he used the wheelchair in front of him like a walker and it was amazing to see. He wanted to go really fast and push the wheelchair out in front of him (you know like you sometimes do with a shopping cart) but nervous mom put the brakes on those hijinks.

When we got to the playroom he ditched the wheelchair and walked around by holding on to tables. When headed back to our room, his nurse from his first night in peds saw him walking and she was surprised and got emotional. He then did some walking with just holding my hand, which was still too restrictive for him. When we were in front of the nurses station, he stopped and turned to me and said very seriously, "Mommy, stop. You don't have to hold my hand. I can do it, just trust me." The nurses tried to stifle their giggles at his insistent tone and I had to let him try it. You know, Finding Nemo and all.

That's when I took this picture!



By the time Chris came back for his night shift, Aaron was ready to show off. He walked unassisted to his dad and we went back to the playroom for a couple rounds of toy soldier play.

I had a nice night sleeping at the hotel and got an early morning morning report from Chris that an ortho doc came in and said he was going to get us out as fast as possible this morning!


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