Day 496 - No snakes!

After we finished up schoolwork today, Ryan wanted to go out into the backyard to dig up dinosaur bones... Unfortunately, it's been a while since we mowed the back lawn, and I was a bit concerned about snakes.  I didn't mean to worry him, but when I mentioned that he should keep an eye out, he decided he didn't want to outside after all... This prompted the guilty mom reaction, so I jumped on the lawn mower and mowed the back lawn, so he could dig for dinosaur bones without fear of snakes.  He followed me around the lawn for about an hour, making sure I was safe from the snakes as I mowed.  What an awesome kid!

All is going good... Labs tomorrow (Thursday), to make sure our magnesium level is doing okay.  We also got a call from the home infusion center that makes our TPN, letting us know that they finally got a shipment of magnesium to put in his TPN, so we won't need a second daily infusion... woo hoo!

Thank you all for the continued prayers and good thoughts!

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  1. Lois HillAugust 29, 2018 at 11:41 PM

    Mom's protector--and he got exercise doing it :)
    I'm glad you don't have to do the second infusion!!
    You all just have a great Thursday
    LUV U all

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