"Um, your little guy is pretty...stubborn, shall we say?"- Sawyer Update

so, that's what the physical therapist told me yesterday after his session. stubborn? yes. pistol? um, yes. sassy for days? affirmative. they keep telling me that these attributes will help him as he fights through and pain and therapy, so we're gonna go along with that, and thank the lord for once for his sauciness! the dude is hangin' right on in there, but they're still not comfortable enough to let us go home. there is still a ways to go with physical therapy, and he's still taking IV antibiotics and spiking fevers, so the docs aren't totally thrilled with that. the fevers do seem to be subsiding in severity and frequency, so i'm gonna claim that one as a victory, too! when the fevers disappear, the bloodwork is totally clear, and he's up and running (literally), we'll be able to venture home. i don't want to go home until he's totally ready, but i'm desperate to see the boys, and get everyone back to our normal routine (and by "normal", i mean, hectic, erratic, disorganized, and perpetually tardy). i think the other boys also really need to see us, and have us home,and see that sawyer is, in fact, ok....jackson has made a few comments about sawyer never coming home and never walking again, and we've tried to encourage him as much as possible and set his mind at ease, but he's as with it and attentive as an adult, so he basically knows too much! the other 2 are a bit more oblivious, thankfully, though i'm sure they wonder when the heck we're coming home! it's been a week now, and looking like it could feasibly be another few days, so i feel for the lil' dudes...can't wait to squeeze 'em! they are in perfectly wonderful and capable hands with my friend from ye old wake forest college days (miss becca), and have also spent lots of time with my friends, kristin and julie, so they are more than loved and cared for right now! they're probably having more fun than usual, and may be getting more baths. thank you all for your continued prayer! we see answers and little (and sometimes HUGE) miracles everyday! one by one, the things that the docs are concerned about fall away, and pretty soon, we should have the "all clear"! please pray for clean bloodwork, NO MORE FEVERS (they really wipe him out), and renewed strength/determination for walking! i need to see that boy chasing cats and kicking his brothers! he had some additional staples added yesterday to close the large wound even further, and he LOVED that. the good news is that they gave him the good stuff to get him nice and loopy for the procedure, so he was tripping pretty hard for a few hours and was cracking us up. it was nice to laugh! they gave him one of those spinning, light-up spheres that you win at the state fair, and he held it about a quarter inch from his face and just giggled for an hour. it was kinda awesome. he leg still looks like frankenstein, but thinking the initial staples may come out while we're here, maybe today or tomorrow. there is some concern that with the fevers persisting, there may be some deep-rooted infection somewhere that still has a hold, so they may do more x-rays on his leg today...PRAY!!! also, we'd love to avoid the aforementioned PICC line for his take-home meds, and that depends on his fevers/infection, so it's all tied together...PRAY! no picc line, no fevers, no infection. LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!!!! in happier news, he's moving his leg a little more each day, and even got up onto his knees yesterday in a semi-crawl. he kicked a ball i held in front of his leg, and stood a few times (with assitance). he's eating like a trucker, and is smiling and sweet, and returning to his old sweet/sour, sassafrass self! LOVE THAT BOY!!! we appreciate your thoughts, prayers, cards, pizzas, cinnamon rolls, toys, and coloring books. we love your phone calls. we love your FB messages. we would COVET your continued prayer, and are just claiming the victory of JESUS over SAWYER!!!!