YAHOO – Monday was a day to celebrate.  Layton’s 2:00pm procedure to have his catheter out went great!  He was awake with minimal medication for anxiety and 1, 2, 3 - out it came.  I wasn’t real anxious to see this tube yanked out of his tummy so Lee stood up by his head and I stood in the background and closed my eyes.  I was waiting to hear him yell out in pain, but all I heard was, “Ouch” and it was done!  The very first question was, “Can I run now?” Can you believe the doctor said, “YES.”  Thanks, man!

Last night was the first night in three weeks that Layton slept comfortably ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT!  Hopefully, in a few days we will all feel human again.  We had lab this morning, adjusted some medication since his Prograf level was too high (from diarrhea), and then had a clinic appointment.  We also had an abdominal ultra sound this afternoon to see how his bladder looks the day after the catheter removal.  We’ll discuss the results tomorrow or Thursday with the doctor. 

Logan and Grandma headed back to Minnesota this morning.   It was great having them here and we are sad to see them go.  Hopefully they will be back soon to visit.  Logan was an amazing big brother while he was here!  He carried Layton’s tubes, pushed him in the stroller whenever we went somewhere, and gave a bazillion hugs the entire week – they were really great to watch together!!  It’s obvious that they love each other very much.  Layton said to Grandma last night, “You can just leave Logan here when you go. Okay, Grandma?”  Heart wrenchingly beautiful!