Back to (ab)normal

James was strangely lethargic last week, and after he would not wake up to eat, we finally took him to the closest hospital.  They did not have any definitive diagnosis, but lethargy in infants is apparently a symptom of meningitis, botulism, and numerous other malevolent things.  So they pumped him full of antibiotics, antivirals, antitoxins, et cetera, and passed him off to the experts at the Scottish Rite hospital.  They ran every imaginable test on him (including a spinal tap!), but did not find any obvious reason for his lack of alertness.  No meningitis, no botulism, no brain damage, no obvious bacterial or viral presence.  He stayed there a couple of days, and eventually got better.  The doctors still don't know exactly how, but somewhere amidst the intravenous medications, medical examinations, and large numbers of people praying for him, he fought it off and regained his energy.  Now, to make up for lost time, he wants to eat every hour and a half.  But that's better than being sick.   And now we have a giant list of things that aren't wrong with him, so that's reassuring.  

Thanks to all of you out there who were praying for him through this, and thanks as well to the doctors and nurses and staff at Scottish Rite, who routinely save the lives of kids like James. Even though they didn't figure out what was wrong with him, they watched over him and took care of him like they were his parents.  Whatever they're paying them, it's not enough.