Lynnea will not be home for Thanksgiving. . . we still don't really know when she will get to come home. The doctors have not put her feeding tube back in, but if she fails to meet daily eating goals that they have for her, they will end up putting it back in. Hopefully it won't come to that. In order to come home, she needs to meet the eating goals that they set for her three days in a row, (they are setting two goals for her each day -- a hydration goal, and a growth goal -- if she eats enough to meet her hydration goals, then they don't have to put the feeding tube back in for now, but in order to come home she has to meet the growth goal consistently) and it looks like it could take at least a few more days before she will be strong enough to meet these demands. This afternoon there was a special Thanksgiving dinner for patients and family members hosted by Steve Hutchinson of the Vikings. Ashlyn and I ate while Corey was busy meeting with doctors and other people involved in Lynnea's care. Ashlyn thought the best part were the fresh strawberries that she got for dessert (they had a chocolate fountain and a variety of things to dip in chocolate, but I conveniently neglected to show Ashlyn this, so she ate her strawberries plain). Ashlyn also thought it was pretty cool to look at herself in the balloons that were in the hallway on the way to the cafeteria, and she was very excited about the Vikings teddy bear that she received. While Ashlyn and I were busy eating up in the cafeteria, Lynnea was busy having her picture taken with one of the Vikings players and having and getting autographs. . . I have no idea which player(s) she may have met because I haven't seen the pictures yet.
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