Chutes and Ladders

It seems as if every time we move two rungs up the ladder we slide back down three. His chest tube output was climbing and today it turned cloudy indicating once again he's not tolerating his feedings (they were still going down the tube from his nose to his stomach). Since he was already on the best formula for this problem they had to stop his feedings altogether. So, he's back on TPN and lipids (IV nutrition). They're going to give him a few days rest, then try again. If it doesn't work next time, they're talking about a procedure or another surgery. We'll just hope and pray this resolves on its own. We didn't get to hold him today - maybe tomorrow or Monday. The kids did come down, though, and we're going to the fair tomorrow. I've really loved seeing them. I didn't have time to download pics on mom's laptop today - I'll try before she leaves tomorrow. jc