I have been anticipating this day for quite some time. Thank goodness everyone was healthy and we were all home to be together. Tyler and I talked about this day and what it means. I wasn't sure exactly how to honor the day and decided to run some things by Tyler and gauge his reactions. Just as I thought, he was very excited about some of the ideas. We decided to deliver cookies and 'thank you' cards to all of those people that helped us during our hospital stay. Thursday was filled with baking probably as many as 10 dozen cookies. The boys decided upon thumbprint and chocolate chip cookies and actually help dump all the ingredients and do some of the mixing. Between the two different batches, we painted 'thank you' cards and I wrote cards and attached Disney pictures to them. The boys only asked for cookies twice and then Tyler would say to Matty "we need to save the rest for the Doctors and nurses". I loved it. Friday arrived and I did have a small conversation with Tyler about what happened last year and how we need to appreciate our health and especially the people that helped get him healthy. The first stop was Dr. Medzoyan's office. All the nurses came out front to talk with us and Tyler said his 'thank yous' to all the ladies (Dr. Medzoyan had the day off). Some of them reminisced about that time and all of them said how happy they were to see healthy Tyler. A few got teary-eyed and all seemed very appreciative. When we got back into the car, Tyler was all happy and decided to call us the "happy elves delivering sunshine on this raining day". What a great idea! We went back to pick up Daddy and Teddy and then drove to Hershey to make the next stop. Tyler and went to the Dialysis nurses first and all the ladies came out to greet us. They all seemed especially excited to see him since it's been so long and he looks so much happier. Tyler was very sweet to all of them and many of the ladies had happy tears. Again, they seemed so appreciative and asked to come back again soon. SaraLynn, a very special nurse, was there and so happy to see Tyler so well. It really did feel like we were little elves bringing some sunshine. As Tyler and I were walking through the halls of the hospital, he surprisingly reminisced a lot about his hospital stay and brought up a lot of different stories. For example, the party the two of us had on the bridge watching the construction trucks, the time with Phil and Maciek came to visit and flying Otto around the lobby, and playing in the Child Life room, and popping a wheelie in the wheel chair! Amazingly enough, everything he was talking about and remembering seemed to be happy thoughts. He was doing lots of smiling and seemed in a great mood. We then dropped off our last bowl of cookies to the PICU/IMC unit. Everyone was busy and we were only able to talk with the social worker, but I think it worked out better that way. Then Tyler really wanted to play in the Child Life room, which we were happy to do. When it was time to leave the hospital, we decided to go to Sorrento's for a lunch celebration. We said we were celebrating life, every one's life today, and especially all the people that helped us get to this anniversary. Lunch was filled with hang man, silliness, and great moments. We didn't get home until after 2:30 and everyone fell asleep in the car. It was a beautiful morning and a perfect way to honor this milestone for our family. We have a second chance at life and we literally owe it to so many wonderful people especially all of our doctors and nurses. Thank God for today.
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