Birthday's

 

Having a good attitude and tons of hope to start the New Year is a good thing.  And then it happens…."Mom, my knee hurts."  Ugh.  On the evening of the 16th I knew that the pain was about to get out of control so I took "Christian" to the hospital where he was admitted.  Fortunately he did not have to use a morphine pump but did get numerous doses of morphine IV.  I was glad I listened to my instincts and took him in...we seemed to get a little ahead of the bleed.

But the yucky part was that he had to spend his 8th birthday in the hospital :(  Halloween, Christmas and now his birthday!  Really?  I was going to make sure we all celebrated regardless of our physical location.

 

You know, it was a pretty great day :)  Presents, balloons, singing and cupcakes.  Everyone on the floor made sure he felt extra special that day and I am so grateful for the amazing nurses, techs, child life specialists and doctors on the 6th floor at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital.  They are pretty amazing.

Celebrations need to happen.  Hospital or no hospital.  Bleed or no bleed.  Keeping life as normal as possible is a necessity.  Life keeps moving and I am going to make sure my son does not miss out and that he knows he is loved.