End of the day blog

Today was a long day!! Maybe it was because we did not get a lot of sleep last night or maybe it's because sitting and waiting is so exhausting. Connor slept for the majority of the day and then had a bit of difficulty this evening. He was supposed to get a blood draw for possible surgery tomorrow, but after 40 minutes and 6 pokes, and no blood, they gave up. He will have to get poked again in the morning, so pray that they will be successful the first poke. His pour little feet and veins look like he's been through a war. Since he has remained back on the c-pap machine they didn't want us to hold him a lot today. But, for an hour this afternoon he came off the machine and mama got some snuggle time with her sweet little bug. Auntie Kathy got to fill her arms with his sweet little snuggles too. I think just having my arms around him is therapy to my heart.

Connor got the cutest posters today from the missionett group at Ferndale Assembly of God. Thanks girls, the posters are great. He also received a clever little poster from Grandma & Grandpa Milliren with little cut out bugs all over it. What a fun idea, thanks so much dad and mom!!! Auntie Kathy came to visit and brought lots of birthday cards for Randy and also some yummy cookies and frosted rice krispy treats........Uuuummmmmmm, Yummy!!!!!

We can tell that Connor is weary in his little body. He has little circles under his red eyes and the little bruises on his wrists, hands and feet are just plain sad. His little cry has turned into a big cry and we know he just wants to get better so he can go home. How we want to spring him from this place and run home to our safe haven called "home". It seems that Randy & I don't even talk about the subject of when we will go home because it seems so far off. Please pray for our endurance!!!!

Randy enjoyed a few hours away this afternoon to go and play with our dog Abbey and do some training with her. Randy is an excellent dog trainer and he loves Abbey so much. I think it was a good birthday present to him to just go out in the fields and train with her. When he returned we took a short little trip down to the University Village for a birthday dinner. It was a quick trip as both of our bodies were tired and both our minds were still here at the hospital with Connor.

Update of surgery - As of right now, we understand that Connor is on the surgery schedule for tomorrow, Friday. He hasn't been assigned a time slot yet, so we are still waiting, but we are very hopeful that tomorrow will be the day. As always, we will keep you posted on any progress we make in this department.

Signing off for now to try and get a decent nights sleep. Once again, Randy says thanks for all the sweet and sincere birthday wishes.

Goodnight & Lovebug Hugs,
Randy, Lori and baby Connor