Home sweet home

Lucas is happy and mobil after a restful night of sleep.   He still likes rice, egg, and plain shell pasta as he did before, and not much else.  We will use broth from chicken, meat, and fish to cook rice and pasta in the future and will try to get him eat more variety of food.

We opened all the boxes, but not all the wrapped gifts.  We allowed them to each choose two toys to un-package today.  Alex chose a Hot-wheel play-set and Optimus Prime Transformer.  Lucas chose a Finding Nemo play-set and a play-doh set (who sent it?).  Alex asked me why they got so many toys this year.  I told him that many friends of Mommy and Daddy love Alex since he was so well-behaved during the last 11 days and they love Lucas since Lucas has been so brave since he was diagnosed.  And I told them that we would need to spend more time inside the house.  Alex asked why they are all from friends of Mommy and Daddy instead of friends of his.  :)  He warned me over the phone that he would have many questions to me.  Hhe had been talking nonstop ever since I stepped in the door.  It was quite an adjustment for me.  Lucas is mostly quiet and I got used to it.  Now Alex keeps talking and asking questions.  He surely learned a lot more phrases in the past 11 days.

The medicine feeding got a lot more under control once we get home.  I combine Zantac and crushed Decadron into one 2ml syringe.  My stone grinder is so much more efficient than the pill crusher from hospital.   Our friend Yangyang sent us snacks from LA, which I use to feed in-between each sips of medicine (checked with pharmacist, they can be taken with food).  Now we don't have screams or tears during medicine feeding!

We are still in the process of move back to master bedroom which used to belong to grandma.  Lucas is very happy to find that he could co-sleep with Mommy even after he leaves the hospital.  If his hands and feet don't feel so cold and he doesn't complain about coldness whenever we change his diapers, he is almost back to normal.

The next doctor appointment is changed to 12/27 9:15.  Just a finger prick for blood counts and a chat with the doctor and nurse practitioner.

It's so much more convenient to get pictures and videos from from iphone than from DSLR.  We are so spoiled these days with technology.