Better Days

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Elden had a great weekend. He was swollen through Saturday, but woke up Sunday with little to no swelling. It really is incredible – his recovery. He was able to take some Motrin without making him sick when his tummy was full. So, we alternated Tylenol and Motrin for him every three hours through Saturday. On Sunday, he was just on Tylenol every 6 hours and come Monday, we are only giving Tylenol to him if he seems to need it. He is a tough kid! We are all amazed at how well he is doing. He is just back to his normal happy self. And he seems to have found his voice – he squeals and screams with happiness and joy quiet frequently now. It makes us all smile and laugh. We just stayed at the house this weekend so that Elden could recover. We gave him a sponge bath and he even did a little tummy time.

Aspen is doing better after a few nights of cuddles. She doesn’t understand what happened to Elden’s head and wants to put band aids on it. She is such a good big sister – always bringing toys to her brother. She loves the stairs here and is having lots of good quality time with Grandma and Papa Tony.

This morning (Monday) Pat, Elden and I went back to the hospital to get another head scan. It was the same process as the week before with the StarScanner. He got little stickers by his ears as markers, and the cool white do-rag again.

This time he wasn’t too happy about it. He is just tired of people messing with him. We go back tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10 am to get his helmet and for the helmet fitting.

The rest of the day today, we went to Brackenridge Park, rode the train, and went to the Japanese Tea Garden, and then ate more yummie BBQ.

Stay tuned tomorrow or Wed. for photos of Elden in his new helmet!