6:30 p.m. Monday

We're in a holding pattern here, basically. Trying to get Lars to eat a little, observing him while he's very upset, trying new & more aggressive reflux and constipation medications & doing more observation. They are basically saying he's not going home any time soon, that they want to figure out what this is & have him in here until he can eat, digest & eliminate without major pain. Sounds good to me.

My latest thought--from a question from a friend--is whether he might have developed food allergies. No one has mentioned it, but we are going to request testing, insofar as they test for such things here. So please, keep the creative questions and ideas coming. We need to think from all different angles on this- the more brains, the merrier.

Denise brought Joa here from Sudbury Valley this afternoon so I didn't have to leave, which was greatly appreciated. Andey's here rocking Larsy while Denise buys Joa his requested pizza & rice krispies at the cafeteria. Andey & Joa will go home soon- CarylBeth's coming to hang out with us a bit tonight. Andey's cousin Jean, who works at the Brigham, was here for a while this afternoon & got Andey over to the coop & involved in a three-brand taste-test of dark chocolate.


Ah, Joa came back- with his second piece of pizza.



Lars is feeling really sad. Not even a nice walk down to the lobby to listen to the wonderful contraption did the trick. We just found out that we're in the only four-bed room in the whole hospital. And it's full. Lucky us. I brought ear plugs, so perhaps it'll work to sleep in the bed with Lars & feel him when he wakes.