Eli is home sweet home, again

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Elijah is happily home from the hospital once again. He snuggled right into his own bed and fell asleep within 15 minutes of his arrival. He has such a difficult time sleeping at the hospital. He still has some lingering diarrhea, which we will monitor at home.

Specific Eli prayer requests:
Elijah’s GI bug completely disappear, soon.
Elijah gain weight, blow right past 12 pounds and reach 13 in record time.
Elijah stay well for the next 3 months as we work to beef him up for his surgery in Shreveport.
Pray that Elijah’s hearing and sight continue to improve.
Pray that David and I will make the choices that are best for Elijah’s long-term success.

Love,
Melissa

Comments

Amberghini said…
Welcome home, sweet boy! We missed you at your party! It was definitely exciting! :P Praying for you! Love, Amber
June 1, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Anonymous said…
We will pray for your little miracle boy. I have a 19mo old niece with Rothmund Thompson Syndrome and she has brought our entire family closer together with her love. There is a website for the families with RTS, It is rtsplace.org and you can meet others with similar symptoms
June 13, 2008 at 8:58 PM
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