One week ago Rex came home!
It has been a wonderful week being all together again and adjusting to life as we know it. Dan's been back full time at work. We have enjoyed our normal weekly activities with a few minor adjustments. And everyone is doing GREAT!
Rex is doing amazing.
Dan and I continue to be in awe at how quickly he is bouncing back. We continue to learn more and more and understand just how sick our little guy was. Even as we were leaving the hospital the doctors in the PICU told me how amazed at how quickly he recovered from being so critical. I think in a way our ignorance was bliss for us. We knew that he was in critical condition but it was only as he continued to improve that we learned that the pneumonia was in all five lobes of his lungs and that his lungs were beginning to collapse in, that his blood oxygen level could have caused him to go into shock, and now look at him...
Happy and Handsome as ever!
He continues to regain his strength. When he first came home he could not walk without a hand to hold and he was running around before this all happened. He is walking on his own again now. He is quite a bit more unstable but quickly gaining back ground. He was pretty quiet when he first came home but has had no problem finding his words again and the few signs that he knows (please, thank you, more). He is done with antibiotics tomorrow and we are hoping that this is the last of any sickness that we see this winter!
Rex is doing amazing.
Dan and I continue to be in awe at how quickly he is bouncing back. We continue to learn more and more and understand just how sick our little guy was. Even as we were leaving the hospital the doctors in the PICU told me how amazed at how quickly he recovered from being so critical. I think in a way our ignorance was bliss for us. We knew that he was in critical condition but it was only as he continued to improve that we learned that the pneumonia was in all five lobes of his lungs and that his lungs were beginning to collapse in, that his blood oxygen level could have caused him to go into shock, and now look at him...
Happy and Handsome as ever!
He continues to regain his strength. When he first came home he could not walk without a hand to hold and he was running around before this all happened. He is walking on his own again now. He is quite a bit more unstable but quickly gaining back ground. He was pretty quiet when he first came home but has had no problem finding his words again and the few signs that he knows (please, thank you, more). He is done with antibiotics tomorrow and we are hoping that this is the last of any sickness that we see this winter! 
Myla and Quinn were complete ROCK STARS through this entire thing. They could not have been better for the people that came over to watch them. I'm not sure anyone watched them more than once which meant a lot of different people coming into our house and they just graciously went with the flow. I would get text messages daily from the friends watching them telling me that Quinn thanked them for being there so I could be with Rexy, telling me that they laid down easily for naps, ate great, used their manners, complimented their shoes and lego building skills, and laughed a lot. Although it broke my heart to miss our on 11 days of their lives it definitely made it easier to leave the house every day knowing that they were not crying. Since Rex has come home they both have clung more tightly to me but it is something that I don't mind these days.
Through all of our circumstances Dan and I have learned to be more thankful and more prayerful. We are truly blessed and well aware that our circumstances could have been so much worse. It is a good reminder not to hold tight to the things in this world but to cling to the Lord.
I know that I have said this before but we could not have made it through without the amazing help of friends and family. My sister Dana and Ryan came and spent a weekend watching Quinn and Myla and friend after friend gave up free time to watch our kids, took work off to watch our kids, shoveled our driveway, cooked us food, visit us at the hospital and PRAYED. Thank you to every one of you for all that you did for our family. 
This is one of Rexy's new faces.
Quinton serenading us!He makes great faces while singing or playing the drums or guitar!
Today we were blessed with 39 degree weather and made the most of it. Put on boots and jackets and hats and built a snowman! Quinn was THRILLED! Rex kept trying to eat the carrot nose and grape eyes. We jumped in puddles, and fell in puddles. And Dan came home from preparing for his message and we took a little walk down the street. We are all looking forward to the next couple of days, I heard high 40s! I'm pretty sure that just means a lot of laundry but a lot of happy, dirty kids because they get to get outside!
Dan has become my master carpenter and built us a bed frame.
I was very impressed with his skills!
Since the superbowl fell the day after Rex came home we decided to skip our friends superbowl party and enjoy an exclusive Rude Family Superbowl Party! It was probably the best superbowl party I've ever been to! We ordered some appetizers and enjoyed a picnic in our living room!
I love my family.
A few more pictures from the hospital.
This was Quinn and Myla's first visit to see Rex. They had not seen him in over a week! It was very short lived being that there is not much for a 17 month old and a 2 year old to do in a PICU hospital room but it was still sweet for Dan and I and Rex enjoyed seeing them.
This was the first time that I got to hold Rex in over a week.
A sweet moment for me.
We are so thrilled that these hospital days are gone and so glad to have our family back together. One week later and we are doing fabulous!
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Fantastic Meg! Glad you are all safe and sound. Weather report last night said Thursday and Friday will be near 60!! I think I want to just sit outside and listen to the water run down our street and gutters...:) Take care!
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