More Reasons to Hope

There's so much information to process. The endocrinologists always come in threes. They sit outside the room, glancing in occasionally and they argue and discuss like Talmudic scholars until they all break out in smiles and agreement. Next thing we know, they are gone and Jay, Judah's nurse, is adding 10 cc's more of this to 2 litres less of that.
Dr. Les Stricke and Stella came again today. Stella brought more homemade cookies for Judah (and by Judah, I mean Benji). Dr. Stricke reviewed Judah's chart and again gave us reason to keep up our hope. There is no denying that Judah is in a difficult position, but there are still possibilities of recovery. There may be some difficult-to-endure procedures ahead, but, as Dr. Stricke says, Good stories of recovery come from difficult situations.
Meanwhile, the nursing has been great, the doctoring has been compassionate and the food has been free flowing. The mood is still somber but maybe now we will give ourselves permission to lighten up.