Pics from the last little while

It's hard to remember that life was pretty normal a few weeks ago before Isaac got sick, but here are some pictures from Jarom's birthday. This is at his parents' house. Since it was right before St. Patrick's Day, his mom made a yummy corned beef dinner (one of Jarom's favorite!). I'm glad she made it because I've never made corned beef before and he was asking for it. Eventually I'll have to learn, but I'm happy putting it off a little longer. Look at Isaac's facial expression - he gets so excited for birthdays he can hardly stand it!
Of course, the best part of birthdays is the CAKE! And making a big mess with the cake.
Here is Isaac on one of his first days in the hospital doing his Albuterol treatment with the nebulizer mask. It has a dragon on it and we called it "Dragon Breathing" because steam would come out with the medicine and he would inhale it. He tolerated it really well, even though you can see how tired he was. Sometimes it would just put him to sleep all together.Isaac spent a lot of his days in the hospital resting. He was happy when he didn't need to wear the mask any more because then he could suck his thumb again, and if you know Isaac, you know how much he loves his thumb. We brought him his bear and blankets from home so that he could have some kind of connection to his familiar things.Here's Isaac Easter morning exploring the fun chocolate goodies in his Easter basket. He ate so much candy that day and made such a mess with chocolate melting all over the place, but it helped cheer him up and that's what matters. (Plus, I'm not the one doing the hospital laundry!)
Going Home!!! This is the biggest smile I saw Isaac make in over a week and I think he knew that something good was finally happening to him. He came home on oxygen, although we discovered later that the hospital forgot to turn the tank on, so he was actually on room air for a few hours. We kept checking his stats though and he was doing fine, so we've hardly had to turn on the oxygen since we've been home. I think he's just so happy to be home that he's breathing a lot easier now.

We've been home more than 24 hours now and Isaac is just about his normal, spunky self! He's laughing and playing (and trying to lick me - he likes to pretend he's a cat - drives mommy crazy!). We have a follow-up visit with his pediatrician tomorrow morning and will have more of an idea what his long-term plan will be like and what we can expect in the future. I'm so grateful that my little guy is feeling so much better!