UPDATE ON ELIJAH

Today is day 11 here in Philadelphia and day 26 of our life since Elijah's being hospitalized. He will be 6 months old on Tuesday (crazy!!!) and despite all he's been through the last month, still has smiles to give all of the doctors/nurses that are helping to take care of him. Needless to say, this has been a very hard and trying time in our lives, and we have yet to make it to the other side. No words can express how much we appreciate everybody that has been there along the way of this journey thus far. We love you so much and can't wait to be home!!

Elijah has what is known as Hyperinsulinism. If you would like to know more about it, visit http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/service.jsp?id=47690

He is currently being treated with medication, and it is working well at keeping his blood sugars stable without having to be on an IV. Our obstacle at the moment is that he doesn't have much of an appetite, and can't keep down the little that he does manage to eat. If he doesn't start to eat better in the next day or so, they will replace the feeding tube they took out on Thursday (we wanted to let him give it a go on his own.) We won't get a true reading on how the medication will work in the long run, until he starts eating as if we were at home.

That's about all for now, and I will hopefully be able to post more current pictures in a couple of days.

Love,

Joel, Eden & Elijah