Nothing like waking in your own bed

Breakfast outside under the pergola was a must this morning, to welcome Mr Bump home.

I have no idea why he was licking the cat doorstop, but he thought it was funny for some reason.

Who knows why four year olds do anything?

Then it was down to check on the vegetable patch and some light garden duty for our boy.

Going Home on Day 5

Yesterday morning, Mr Bump had a chest x-ray, blood test and echocardiogram as a part of the discharge process. All the test results were fantastic.

Grandma gave Wren the day off from school, and in the afternoon she hopped into bed with the boy and played with her DS while he dozed.

Most of the rest of Day 4 was taken up with entertaining Mr Bump and keeping him from disturbing the younger boy in the bed beside his.

Understandably, we were relieved to learn that our angel was to be discharged early.

It was definitely sooner than we expected, but thank goodness we will no longer have to worry about him destroying the ward!

On Friday evening, five year old Kevin from next door paid Mr Bump a surprise visited with his parents. They were both very excited.

And now, here is the final result of all this:

Surgery, Day 3

The morphine drip came out today, and Mr Bump got out of bed for the first time since his surgery.

He needed a good cuddle, and the only one who would do was Grandma.

Followed by some ice cream, of course…

Then it was time for a short walk, and he was not tired!

It’s amazing how convenient wheelchairs can be for watching TV.

Maybe we should get one at home, Mummy?

We had a visit from Despereaux the mouse, and wondered what the heck it was all about.

And then LUNCH arrived…

After almost 48 hours since his last meal, almost anything would have tasted good, but devon & tomato sauce sandwiches just hit the spot!

We took the wheelchair for a spin and explored the playground outside, when Wren arrived after school.

Then Wren & Grandma dropped me home and Daddy had a sleepover in the hospital with Mr Bump.

Surgery, Day 2

Today, Mr Bump was awake for longer periods - about an hour and a half at a time, then later for a few hours.

When we arrived, the nurses and other parents remarked on his beautiful manners through the night; “Please may I have a drink of water?”.
It was sweet to hear he remembered his manners better than he does normally, but why are they so good when he’s not feeling well?!

He just had the drain removed from his chest when we arrived at 8.30am, which we hadn’t expected that early, and later in the day the drips and monitors were slowly removed.

It was all quite painful, but he was a very brave little boy and earnt another “Super Brave Day” bead for his Heart Beads string.

A surprise gift basket arrived at about 9am from Daddy’s work, packed with drawing and painting supplies.  It was the perfect thing!

Here our little angel is about half an hour after the basket arrived. Kind of spaced out, but he insisted that he was still painting.

He fell asleep not long after.

Wren and Grandma arrived a while later and Mr Bump shared his new paint set with sis.

Wren created a lovely “I <!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –>

love you” painting that we stuck up on the noticeboard as soon as we moved out of ICU and into the ward.

It didn’t take long before it was time for another nap, but that was the last one in ICU.

Yes, I know I look awful in the shot (kind of like a horse with all those teeth), but it’s the only one we have of Mr Bump painting the nose of one of the wonderful Clown Doctors!

They called in just after we moved into the ward, and insisted on putting up “Christmas streamers” (toilet paper hung over the curtain railings).

Our little boy was a wee bit overwhelmed, but they were great fun.

A very active day and both he & I slept well, despite being in a strange place.

Before and After

The last photo of Mr Bump’s unblemished chest before his surgery and the first photo afterwards.