I thought I would update everyone on where we are at with Keegan. We were finally able to bring him home on Sunday night, so after 6 days, he’s home! He had a rather nasty fever Saturday night plus was going to start his Prednisone, so they decided to keep him for observation. Sunday was spent mostly waiting around for the doctors to decide whether or not to release him. He had another round of iron intravenously and slept a little. Finally about four they came in and said we could stay another day and hopefully start the Remicade treatment on Monday or we could go home. We voted home. I was concerned that being there much longer was going to affect his mental state even further, so it was best to go home and schedule the Remicade for later in the week.

Monday was spent catching up with Sebastian and Madeline and we took the family to go see Wall-E in the theatres. We have seen every Pixar film opening weekend since Toy Story, and Keegan wasn’t about to let a little thing like a 6 day hospital stay stop him from going. It was a great movie and everyone had a good time.

Later in the evening, Keegan started having some pretty bad cramping, which could have been brought on by something he ate or drank. It only strengthened both my and John’s belief that our family needs a dietary overhaul. We are going to start to try to make and eat things that more “whole foods” rather then a lot of overly processed junk food. We, like most families these days, are too prone to get fast food or “ready to eat” type foods when we really should be eating simpler food. This will benefit all of us, but especially Keegan. The simpler his diet, the less processing his body will have to do. I just need him to open his mind up a bit about trying new foods to expand his diet choices. That will be the real trick.

Thanks again to all of our family and friends for your positive vibes and thoughts. We really appreciate it. Everyone is pulling for Keegan to get better, so I know he will. Anyone who knows Keegan well knows he’s very stubborn and is not going to let this get him down, especially when he has so much support. Special thanks to my family in Fresno for taking Sebastian and Madeline for a few days. That was such a HUGE relief to know that they were being cared for (and spoiled). They got to swim quite a bit, even with Uncle Brian and Aunt Danelle, and came back with nice looking tans.

It’s Tuesday today and life is slowly getting back to normal. I’m back to work and John and the kids are at home. My work has been incredibly wonderful and supportive during this time, which is great. I have been with this company for over three years now and am so blessed to be working with such great people and friends.

That’s all for now. Hopefully, John and I can continue to update everyone on K’s progress through these blogs, but we are definitely not consistent people!