Nate's fun filled weekend

Okay, so it wasn't much fun, but the weekend before Easter weekend, Nate ended up in the hospital for 3 days. He was admitted because of his high temperature and the fact that he wasn't eating. While there, the doctor thinks he developed a bacterial infection and his eyes were almost swollen shut and he looked like a mess. When Aaron came one night he asked what the other guy looked like.

Nate is a strong little boy and the nurses didn't give him enough credit. They were all taken back by how he could get out of their holds. He bent the board at his wrist and pulled out his IV. So, they had to put another one in and within 20 minutes of doing that, he had bent the board at the elbow and was trying to pull that IV out. That had to cover it 3 or 4 times so he couldn't get to it. Anyway, here are some pictures of his exciting weekend!

He became attached to his blanket and wouldn't let it go for anything!

A moments peace and quite for mom. These are the moments that I slept too. Aaron was on call all weekend so I was flying solo.

Once he started feeling better, nothing could stop him. He was running crazy! The nurses all just laughed at him. One quick note, the pink socks drove me crazy, but that's the only color they come in for his size. The next size up was WAY too big. ARR!!

Big props go out to all the folks in our ward. Kennie and Justin were taken into so many homes and looked after and I didn't even have to worry that they would be taken care of. We had meals after we got home. The people of our ward just gathered around us and took such good care of us. I am so Thankful to my Heavenly Father for surrounding me with people that would take care of us and lift us up in our time of need. We even have a few pediatric residents in our ward and one of them was on call in the NICU the night Nate was admitted. He came down and made sure we had everything we needed and the nurses even told me he came down a few times that night to make sure I was okay, but didn't want to wake me so he just peeked in on us. Thanks to an amazing ward!!!