Smiles for Sale

Here we are, 5 days later, and you'd never guess what we'd been through without the pictures. James was babbling away this morning as I watched a beautiful pink and orange sunrise. He's giving smiles away for cheap and eating really well. We didn't sleep well around here, but for the first time, it was the nurses checking on James that woke us (and him) up, rather than James' painful crying. He's still uncomfortable, but only needed a strong painkiller once last night. He still has some sort of GI issue, but hopefully that will work itself out. They even turned his monitors off this morning, so we're just hanging out waiting for Dr.M to come by and tell us to get outta here!

UPDATE: Saw Dr.M this morning and he's really pleased with the result and recovery from a surgical standpoint. Saw the pediatric resident, and other than a few minor things we need to treat/keep an eye on, she's pleased with everything too. So, we're homeward bound this afternoon after the rounding docs come through!