These are the sad words I keep hearing from JD…even in his sleep. Its 6:30 Tuesday morning. For the first time all night the hospital is quiet. All night babies cried and machines beeped while JD whined in his sleep that he wanted to go home and sleep in his own bed. It is pitiful. He is feeling so much better. He ate yesterday, wanted to get up and play and joked around with my family. He isn’t drinking as much as I wanted him to, so we had Sheriff–you know, from the movie Cars–call and tell him to drink his juice or he’d be “in a heap of trouble, boy.” (Thanks, Papa, for doing whatever you can for your grandson and doing a great impression!) It didn’t work, but we tried.

Sunday was the worst day here. Fever spiked to 104.8 after they had given him Tylenol and Motrin. He was so sick. All day he would tell me to hold him. He would put his arm around my neck and have me lay with him and just squeeze him so tight. Every time the nurses or doctors walk in he will start saying, “I want my mommy. Hold me, mommy! HOLD ME!” Once the fever finally went back around 101, he started feeling a little better.

Yesterday, Monday, he felt fine once he woke up. I knew it was going to be a good day when very early in the morning he was quoting Cars to himself. It was sweet. Not only will he quote it but he will give his opinion on the characters and what he thinks they should do next…oh, did I tell you that he WASN’T watching the movie when he was quoting and commenting? He was just randomly yelling out, “How would I look in Dinaco Blue? DINACO BLUE” (Chick Hicks) It was sweet. Yesterday consisted of him watching movies, an Easter Egg Hunt, coloring and me trying to get him to drink. Overall it was a good day. He kept trying to get off the bed and go home. He said that Cali, Michael’s cat, misses him and he needs to see her. I think he is trying to think of any reason to leave the room. Me, too!

So, I sit, awake since 5, waiting for Dr. Ed to show up. I hope he sends us home today. I don’t know much more that I can do to keep JD entertained. Thank you so much to all my friends and family for bringing him stuff he can play with and color. It really has helped waste time. I am grateful to you all. Special thanks to Pastor Crooks and Mrs. Thersea for coming by yesterday. When Pastor Crooks was here JD had just been woken up from his nap to do vitals and was not too happy about it. JD pulled his blankie over his head and hid the entire time. He was awake because he kept looking at the pastor from beneath the blanket but wouldn’t acknowledge him or speak. Sorry, Pastor. When Thersea came I had just started Cars so, of course, JD wasn’t paying a lick of attention to anything else going on around him. She brought him a super cute stuffed dog and balloon that he didn’t even look at while she was here. Though he did claim it as his whenever anyone tried to look at it after his movie was over. Thank you both for visiting yesterday. It calms my soul.

Thank you to everyone who is praying for JD. I can feel the prayers. I keep having moments where I think I am going to lose it and just cry and the Lord just lays His healing hand on my soul and I calm down. I can feel every prayer. Thank you!!!

I do ask that you pray for my family and myself in the next few days that we don’t get sick. Crystal is already feeling the pains, my stomach is not right and Michael wasn’t feeling up to par yesterday either. We girls leave for New York Friday…everything is paid for and nonrefundable. We can’t get sick!!!!!!!!

Ok…Dr. Ed just left, 6:57am (ok, doctors start WAY too early!!) and said that he wants to see how JD wakes up and will check back at lunch. Oddly enough, JD slept through us talking, so Ed wasn’t able to see or hear the title of this blog. Oh, please let us go home!!!!!!!