This is Noah while the nurse and RT were repositioning his tube the other day before he coughed it out. Notice the food tube is in his right nostril. In the next picture it's in his left because when he extubated, the RT pulled the breathing and food tubes out. The tape job on the forehead was only temporary while they repositioned the tube a half centimeter. Obviously a half centimeter was too much!
Here he is two days ago...the tubes are in the right spot now. If it sits on the juncture of where his lung lobes split, it irritates and he coughs a lot so that's why he had to have it raised up a bit. You may ask how they know where it's sitting...well, Noah gets a chest x-ray almost every morning...apparently they are trying to "treat" him with radiation! The x-ray today did show his lower left lobe has pneumonia again. He's been coughing, sneezing, and having a lot of secretions, so they took some cultures and he's on an antibiotic again.

There are still no answers from the CDC. It occurred to me that the CDC isn't just for the USA but for the WORLD, so they sure as heck better figure out what was in Noah's stool that killed a bunch of mice...

Also, the two pending specific gene tests, are still in queue. Those are said to take at least two more weeks. With both, Noah would be the first known kid to present them in infancy. The docs here have said they have tested for everything! I asked them if they are looking too hard, if it isn't something right under their noses...we can put people on the moon...

Noah and I had a good cry last night. I soaked the sushi blankie, but if felt so good to lay my head on him and be close to him. I can't hold him easily with the tube, especially with his record of coughing it out, so I do whatever I can to be near him. I'm not sure if the hospital crib/bed will hold my weight so I partially "spoon" him while supporting myself on the floor with one leg. He smells so great! I wish you could all squeeze him and see him. He's pretty amazing! Yes, I'm biased!

I told my brother in law tonight that I'm not praying for a miracle because I want a nice little life with an awesome husband, two kids and a dog. I'm not interested in the so-called "American Dream". Mortgage payments stink and really, who loves cleaning your house week after week?! Give me Africa, give me an unreached people group, I know my life is not my own...I just want to live it with the people God put in it. I've obviously been contemplating Ecclesiastes a lot lately. I want my life to be meaningful, useful to God, a light in a dark world. Anyway, tomorrow I'll put Em's first day of school pics up so you can share the excitement.