2 Brothers Layne

We had a better night last night. I actually got to sleep about half the night in my own bed! This morning he was pretty irritable but he seems to be feeling better and better as the day goes by. Jonah has not had a decent nap since he got sick but today he had a 2 hour sleep! And he actually went to bed tonight at the usual time without needing to be rocked. He has started jabbering again which tells us that his throat isn't quite as sore as it has been. His cough might be a bit worse but everything else is improving! Hooray!

As close as we can figure Jonah has not 1, but 2 illnesses he is dealing with. The first is the virus that Dr. Stokes saw on Wednesday evening. The second is the stomach flu that Mamaw had on Friday and Saturday. He has been pretty miserable today. After a nearly sleepless night for the two of us Jonah just wanted to nap but it seems that every time he'd start to doze he awake with screams of pain. The best that we can figure is it was stomach cramps. If Jonah hadn't had the Nissan surgery he'd probably have been puking all day, but as such puking is no longer an option for him. So to try to ease his discomfort we cut liquid volume intake in half and that seemed to help. Tonight when he receives his continuous feed I'll move his volume up to 75% and tomorrow we hope to be back to normal. Even though Jonah is completely miserable his lungs and body are handling the illnesses surprisingly well. We are so pleased and relieved. Dave has had a very busy day. He re...