Night has come to the hospital. Things get quiet, all the bustle of the day disappears into silent empty halls. The nursing staff has begun to settle the patients in, meds are ordered, housekeeping emptied the waste bins, and another rythem is felt in the building. Some families choose to sleep over, and if there is more than one person, they camp out discretely in the meditation rooms, conference rooms and the lobby.

Benji and I rotate sleeping in Judah's room. To night I will go home an Benji will remain. Judah is stable, but we still are concerned about leaving him with out one of us here. Soon Benji will return to school and Alissa will help out with hospital duty. I do hope that Judah will be well enough to be left in the care of the nurses.

He tolerated the trach fairly well. The doctors increased his pain medicine and they assure me he feels no pain. Slowly they will decrease his pain meds. Gwen, his dialysis nurse is completing his dialysis around 11:pm, his room will be silent, with only the huh huh of Judah's breathing.

The rythem of a restorative sleep will wash over him and hopefully all the other patients.

Good Night All.