The Norman Nest

Food and Daddy, what more could a boy want? After just two nights in the hospital, we were able to bring our temporarily blind boy back to my parents.  His eyes stayed swollen shut through Friday.  He was obviously terrified the first few days; he was always wanting to be held by Jonny or me with his face as close to our face as possible.  Pictures may be worth a thousand words but they can't do justice to the swelling of this kid's head!  His temples literally went from shoulder to shoulder when the swelling was at it's highest - not to mention the puffy back of his head!   We flew back to Ohio on Saturday.  We've had some rough days (and nights) with Nathan being sick but as of today, he seems to have turned a sharp corner and is hopefully on the up-and-up.  The swelling is already going down significantly. Apparently it could take months to be completely gone but we probably won't even notice it in a few weeks :) Familiar toys to run his (new and impro

Update: The Night Before Surgery According to the surgeon, Nathan's procedure yesterday went "perfectly."  He is out of the ICU today and on a regular floor in the hospital.  There is a lot of swelling - he hasn't been able to open his eyes since before surgery.  This has caused him to be pretty anxious and upset at times.  This is all what we were told to expect but it's still hard to have your little 1 yr old freaking out because he's blind and have no ability to reason with him or console him well.  Our voices, touches and some good drugs every few hours help some.  Hopefully today and tomorrow will be the worst days of swelling and then it will go down from there. Thanks so much for keeping him in your prayers.  I keep telling him he's so much stronger than he knows. Below are a few pictures and some thoughts of mine from The Waiting Room.    Just After Surgery Father Son Bonding Swelling this