The Norman Nest

We are so thankful to let you all know that Nathan made his escape from the hospital Friday afternoon.  He is doing really well and as you can imagine got the best night of sleep last night that he has had all week.  We are thankful for the hospital staff and appreciative of all that they do to get our boy back to health but there is no place like home :) Jonny's parents being here was a tremendous help to us and we are so grateful that since they were already planning on watching our kids they were willing to relocate and pitch in here.  Thank you for your continued prayers and care for our family.

2 Days Ago Thank you all for your prayers and concern for Nathan.  He has continued to slowly and steadily improve since his admission to the ICU on Sunday night.  As of this morning (Thursday) he is still receiving a small amount of oxygen support but that has decreased drastically the past 24 hours and we are hopeful he might be completely off of any additional oxygen at some point in the next 12-24 hours.  He is much improved over all.  At this point besides weaning him from the oxygen, the goal is really to see his digestive track calm down and stabilize.  he always has a hard time adjusting to a change in diet but we need to make sure he can eat, keep and move his food along as we start to think about the possibility of bringing him home at the end of the week.  (Yikes!  I just said it out loud!) 2 Weeks Ago *This little guy loves his dad!* A social media group I was in posed the following question earlier this month:  If you could write a letter to the disabi

.7 inches in diameter and .05 inches thick....  That's the size of a dime and about how fast things changed for us yesterday.   Saturday we were packing our van for a trip to drop the kids off with Jonny's parents in Maryland while the two of us headed to Colorado for a free, all inclusive trip designed to minister to pastors and their wives.  And then Nathan threw up... twice.  And then Saturday night his temp was up and his breathing became more and more labored... Sunday, his PCP sent us to the ER for X-rays and labs and by 10pm last night we we were in the PICU, two doors down from where we spent the month of February last year.   He tested positive to RSV and is currently on pressurized oxygen and getting some aggressive breathing treatments every hour along with steriods.  He has been getting shots throughout the cold and flu season to prevent getting RSV....  here's to hoping they at least help lessen the intensity and length of the virus. Our biggest hope and the th