Update on Andy - 8/6

While visiting Andy this afternoon, with the doctor's permission and with Eddie for support, Andy got out of his hospital bed and walked down to the playroom, played for a short time on the computer, and then walked back to his bed! He is talking and walking fine - just weak. He is drinking high-calorie drinks to beef up his system for Tuesday's surgery (Andy says they taste like "poop", poor kid). Since he is drinking, they removed the NG Tube this morning. He is cranky and says his stomach hurts; but he is doing SO much better now than just a few days ago. And today is Andy's 9th birthday! We plan to REALLY celebrate once he is out of the hospital. While at Riley Hospital today, I also visited a little 3-year-old girl, Megan, who is in our three's Bible School class at church. She is in the same wing of the hospital as our Andy. She is VERY ill. Please pray for her also.