Hospitals are best for sick people

Cole spent almost three weeks at Primary Childrens Medical Center. The staff was terrific - from nurses, to aides, to the social workers. Of course we all had our favorites, but everyone seemed to love and dote on Cole, even though he pretty much just hung out in his crib.

And while he was terrific at eating early on, after his shunt installation, he had forgotten some of that technique so PCMC brought in a specialist to help train Cole, but mostly us on how to eat again. He was a quick study and seemed to pick it up again within a little over a week. But almost as soon as he figured out the eating thing, we discovered he had reflux and liked to throw up some of that food. The problem was - while his stomach was coordinated enough to get the food up once he got it in his mouth, he didn't seem to know what to do with it. He would just hold it behind his lips. This, of course, made us and the staff very nervous that he would aspirate what he had in his mouth since he wouldn't easily spit it out.