Mom And Grandma Visit Hospital

Mom and Grandma went down to the hospital last night.  It was a pretty good visit but of course Joshua is still ready to go home, according to him.  Mom decided since Joshua was not eating she would stop at the Golden Arches and see if he would eat a cheeseburger and fries.  I mean who does not like meat and potatoes right.  She was spot on.  He ate most of the burger and fries and some of the apple slices as well.  This is good news. So we are able to break his not eating on the 6th day.

On their arrival Joshua was in his room.  But not the one private room they had him in before.  He now has a two person room.  He is the only one in the room right now.  This one does not have a private bathroom.  He was laying on his bed, chilling in his boxers.   He had to dress before coming out.  He was excited to see mom and grandma.  He gave them the grand tour of his room showing them his bed.  He came right on out of the room to the common area and sat on the sofa giving hugs all around.  The McD bag sure excited him as well.  He was able to sit at the table and eat with grandma and mom sitting across from him.  As he was eating he was having some gag reflex.  Not sure what was causing all that.  He drank plenty of OJ with his meal.

Then it was off to brush the teeth and take a shower.  This at the suggestion of the head nurse.  The toothbrush really tears up his gums.  But was able to get the bleeding under control with a cup of cold water.  Josh drank a lot of water.  Mom said he was hyper in the shower kind of reminded her of washing a cat.  After the shower he was dressed in the new clothes we had brought him the day before.  Which he really liked, red basketball type shorts, and an m&m tshirt.  This boy loves m&ms.

They went back to the common area and sat to watch some tv with him but he could not sit still.  He kept leaving to go talk to some of the other people in the area.  He always likes the pretty girls and there was one nurse that caught his eye.  But by this point it was time to start getting ready to end the visit.  Josh was not happy with this but they were able to leave without incident.

The staffed thanked them for coming down for the visit.  Here is the sad part.  The nurse told them that most of the kids do not get visits from family on a regular basis.  I can not attempt to grasp how a parent could not visit their child as they go through this.  Children as young as 5.  Now I know the parents need breaks too but you have to support you child through this process.  You still have to be involved in the treatment plan.

The post visit call confirmed that Joshua did much better with this visit than he did with the prior one.  He did not have to get a shot to get him calmed down.

I think it was a fantastic visit.