One day closer

Today started out a little tougher for me. We were told that he would have all of his cords and stuff taken out, so I was prepared for Hudson to not be attached to anything when I arrived early in the morning after feeding Bailey, but that wasn't quite the case. I was also expecting Hudson to want to eat more and move around more today, but he didn't want to do either of these and I was very discouraged. I find it really hard to have a good attitude when I have unmet expectations, when I think things are going to be one way and then they are switched for the worse. I know that overall he is doing fabulous, way beyond anybody's original anticipations, but I guess I somehow figured that the new kidney would be some sort of miracle pill, that it would just fix everything right away and it has not.

I know this might sound crazy to most of you because he IS doing so well, it's just that we (and he) have waited on the sidelines for two and a half years now and it is so hard to be patient. God has really been pounding that into me lately! I know that God is still in the process of redeeming Hudson's little body as He is even for parts of my life and this takes time sometimes, but its still hard to be patient.

God was really gracious to me today, though, because right when I was the most discouraged, the Oldhams (some friends from church) came by with some food and encouragement for us. It was so timely - the Lord new I needed it, and I did much better throughout the rest of the day. Hudson did too. He was in some pain earlier and even throughout much of the day, but we're a bit more on top of it with the medicine. He probably hasn't eaten because he has been hurting. Nobody wants to eat when they are in pain! Oh, he has pooed several times today. Yeah for poo! Thanks for praying for him and please pray that the levels of his anti-rejection meds will keep going up because that's the one thing that could keep him from coming home soon.

We have been told repeatedly that it is a strong possibility that we can come home Friday, which is AMAZING, but I am worried that this won't happen and we'll be stuck here for the weekend. I loathe hospitals, always have ever since my dad had cancer, and I really want to get Hudson home. We actually got to take him on a short walk outside, but we couldn't stay long because he was hurting too badly. Hopefully he'll have a bit more freedom tomorrow. We'll keep you posted, hope you enjoy the picture.

Kristi