We appreciate your prayers for Mark. His recovery is on its way. It’s nice to see him not in pain, though there may still be some episodes along the way. After a tough stretch last evening, we got some good advice from the nurse that we hope will be helpful in keeping the pain down. He spends most of his time in bed, and the IV in his arm makes doing things more difficult. He watches some TV (cartoons these days are awful!), and we played his first game of chess yesterday. Now he’s watching a game of UK soccer. They play very differently than his little league team! Today the hospital lifted restrictions on children visiting, so we ‘re excited that his brother and sisters can visit later today.
Matilda was a baby during all her week-long hospital stays…the ICU is a boring place for kids! Her last surgery…she was almost three and we couldn’t have visitors either. I brought my laptop and let her play games on it…playkidsgames.com has some pretty good ones. Most of them were way beyond her, she just liked to use the laptop. The hospital had a kids room where you could borrow videos and games…does yours have that? We will be praying for Mark and for the rest of the family!! Hospitalizations throw everything off!
Rachel – the hospital has lots of resources, including games, videos, and computers. I’m sure it’s a far different experience from what it was to stay in a hospital 50 (or even 25) years ago!