A Sliver of Normalcy

Finally a day without tests or surgeries. Last night I got to sleep in Ben's room again. It was so nice to be with him again. My mom brought Raider to me around 8am and then went back to her hotel room. I fed him and then we both went back to sleep. Around 10am we all woke up and it was so nice to just be our little family again. Ben, Raider and I actually got to spend about two hours together just hanging out in his hospital room this morning and it was so nice. We had planned to go for a walk today since Ben's doctor had said he wanted him up and moving around, but the nurse wouldn't let him get up. I guess since he is on Heparin (a blood thinner) they don't want him up walking around in case he were to fall or something. This really was a bummer because I know Ben would have liked to get out. So instead we all just hung out in his room. We watched the Huskies game (University of Washington for those of you not from out west) which we were said to see lose and played with Raider. My mom and I ate dinner outside in the garden area which was really nice. The sun was warm but there was a really nice breeze. As we were sitting there we wished so much that we could have taken Ben out today. Tomorrow I am going to talk with the nurse and see if she would let us take him out if he was in a wheelchair. This evening we got the camera out at took some really cute pictures of Ben and Raider. Jenna, Ben and I also played a game called Fact or Crap which was a lot of fun and Ben won. It was so nice to just have day where Ben was not being whisked off to some test or we were waiting for a doctor to visit. I think we actually felt a little bit of normalcy slip back into our lives even though there were six of us plus a baby crammed into a tiny hospital room. Tonight Marla is staying with Ben again and I get to sleep with my baby. It is very bittersweet but I know Raider really needs it because he is starting to be extremely clingy. We think it is because he has been away from me so much lately. Tomorrow is another day with out any appointments for Ben so hopefully it will be another day to relax before his biopsy on Monday. Please continue to pray for Ben and all of us.