Eat Up Cam

Cam has had a great 2 days. He has been happy and playful. This morning got a little scary when the pediatricians came in and told us he wasn't eating enough and they were going to have to give him a feeding tube. We have known that this is a possibility, but we were hoping he wouldn't need one. He needs calories to heal his body. 5 minutes later the dietician came in and calculated his food intake and said he had taken enough food and didn't need the feeding tube. What an answer to prayers!

As the day went on, he slept for the majority of the day and didn't eat enough. So tomorrow morning we are prepared to hear that he may still need the tube. It will not be permanent and he can still eat and drink by mouth with the tube. He just doesn't like to keep tubes in his body, so we are afraid of how many times he will pull it out. He is a little fiesty like his mom!

We are sorry the pictures don't get more exciting than Cam laying in bed, but that is all he is allowed to do. We put his play gym on his bed and he has been having a ball! We won links in Bingo yesterday and they were the perfect addition to his gym! Its his Baby Einstein Sea Creature gym that Lisa and Casey Farmer gave him! Each time a new nurse comes to visit he stretches his arms up as if to say, "Will you pick me up because nobody else will!" It has been 3 weeks since we have held him and that is one of the hardest parts. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since his surgery and the halfway point! All of the nurses are fighting over him and they have been so wonderful! We know that Cam is in the best place possible and that ultimately the Great Healer is taking care of him. We can't wait to come home! We hope you are all doing well! I received an envelope with letters from my 6th graders at SRCS. We have decorated Camden's room with the sweet cards! Thanks for all of the support!

Love,

Julie, Chad and Camden