The Last Inpatient. The Bell Ringing.

There are a lot of pictures in this post. I am not going to do a lot of journaling because Jen's pictures are so powerful. We were lucky to have Jenn as our "last inpatient" nurse. She is one of our favorites that we have had quite often throughout this year. We first started when she was newly pregnant, and now she has a sweet little girl. It has been a long year but we are so blessed to have had these wonderful people in our lives.







Ericka has the same birthday as Spence. Even though we don't know her well she always comes to say hi. They have a birthday bond.
Wonderful Jenn.











One last chance to "room service it up."



This is Irish. He is the units practical joker.
This is Spencer. He is the practical joker patient. He decided to beat Irish at his own game by doing one of those Idiot Tests where a scary person pops up and yells in the middle of it.
This is Irish covering his mouth from the expletives he just released. Apparently it scared the {bleep} out of him. I love this picture. I love the laughter.














Spencer loves Mike, the Child Life Specialist. He drew him a picture and painted the frame himself.
This is our super duper housekeeper Sharon. She brought so much love, happiness and cleanliness to the unit and to our lives!
Spence drew a poster for the unit and put it on his door.
This is the bell. We heard this bell ring many times before, only dreaming of the day that we got to be the ones ringing it.
The unit all cheering Spencer on and saying goodbyes.

Mike thought he was funny and made one of the signs backwards. Spence loved this.












Mike.
Our beloved Julia.

One last raid of the snack room.



I hope these pictures made you cry as much as they did me. I am so thankful to Jen who has graciously captured our journey and created such power. I am so grateful for these images and the emotion they capture for our family.