Update Since Hospital Stay

Ethan was discharged from hospital on Sunday, June 26.  He came home still somewhat congested and still having active signs of C difficile.  The morning before his discharge, we noticed he'd lost a tooth.  They did some blood work and his results came back okay.  But on Wednesday, he lost another tooth...and then another.  In total he is now missing 6 teeth.  I brought him to the dentist last week and new x-rays were done.  We know he will be losing another two teeth soon as they no longer have any roots to keep them in.  We're not sure if he is just swallowing them or what is happening with them as we have not seen any of the teeth, just the hole that is left behind.  The dentist also thinks there might be some bone loss happening, and hopes to consult with a bunch of people to see if we can find a reason for his rapid resorption and to try and stop it.

He has been home over a week now and is doing well.  Without the dirty details his stools have changed and we think he is well on the way to recovery now.

Auntie Ashley and Pepere came to visit over the long weekend and I copied out the pictures Auntie Ashley took (or let us take with her nice camera).

On her first day of summer vacation, Lorelei went to the before/after program and they celebrated Canada Day (note her tattoos).  On Canada Day, Lorelei had a busy one.  We started the day at our neighbour's house with a pancake breakfast for those who live on our street.

The balloon Lorelei is playing with came from the pancake breakfast.  Once they had tidied up after the event they brought her the balloon.  (I thought that was awfully sweet of them.)

She then spent the rest of the morning outside with her Auntie Ashley and Pepere.  The afternoon was spent celebrating her friend's 6th birthday and she was to join us for fireworks that night so I had her take a nap against her wishes.  When she got up from her nap she did not feel very well and put herself back to bed.  She essentially slept through to the next morning and missed all the festivities.   I think she may have had too much sun as she was feeling fine the next day.  Luckily there were more fireworks near our house on the 2nd that she was able to watch and we had front row seats.  I was impressed that the noise did not startle her.  She loved it and journaled about it later at home.

Although he looks serious in the picture above, Ashley took consecutive pictures of him so she caught him when he'd closed his mouth to swallow.  He is busy watching TV.

The above and below pictures are to show how bad his tooth loss is becoming.  The two teeth you see above, are the two we know do not have any roots left.  :(