made it safe....
so it looks like the snow along the i-94, 196 corridor between holland and chicago has finally stopped, and only 2 hours after it took me 4.5 hours get through it!
came back and found isaiah doing pretty well- still not getting great rest here, and that is always a challenge. we're trying to get his feeding going again, and will try to get some more time off of the ventilator. joey and jon have both gotten reacquainted with the picu and the ronald mcdonald house, and the folks at the kohl's house, another guest house close to the hospital, found us a room for jon- so we're pretty set up to focus on getting away.
it was nice to pass through home yesterday, but i'm shaking off the reminders of life as it was before the latest unpleasantness. it would be nice to be there, enjoying the 16 or so inches of snow on our back porch. the novelty of practicing law for a living again even sounds attractive. but for now- i suppose i need to count myself lucky to be spending every other night awake with isaiah- because even though he has a ways to go before holland- at least he's able to express more and more displeasure with his predicament every day.
posted by joe @ 3:17 PM
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Joe, Jen,
Michelle, Nowie, and I check in everyday. Our thoughts and prayers are with you...(at the very least the specific ones of michelle and I...nowie has yet to formally learn to pray, though he knows one word, "hot" and one letter of the alphabet, "F"...but I know that he is with you all in spirit because, we tell him that you need some of his love, and he has more than enough energy to make us smile and for Isaiah and for ti-Joe). Joe, last night I dreamed in Kreyol, so I knew that I had to post today. Sometimes, I think of playing chess, drinking prestige, and talking about life and god with you, while the rain pounds down on the dirt street below. You always won, more than a hundred to one matches with me, probably more. From Holland to Holland. si ou bezwan kek baguay, di mwen; mwen ap la, fre-mwen. - Matt, Michelle, and Noah
Praying the time away from the ventilator progresses and food in the tummy as well. Expressions of displeasure is music to everyone's ears. So are the smiles! Let them continue! Go little man! I bet Joey is SO glad to see his little brother and family.
Take care all.
Love
Liz
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