The fab five is back to full strength

Yep, Anna was discharged today at 4:30pm. Praise God for that and thanks to many of for your prayers. There's nothing like an experience like this to snap oneself back to the most important things in life. It's reminded me of a couple things....

1. Realizing that I wait too long to talk with my heavenly father. Only when the emergencies come, am I quick to put them back into the palm of His hand. Otherwise, I'm gripping them with all my might. Gotta let go.

2. Hug the kids. Kiss the kids. Thank God for them again and again and again.

So, the final diagnosis was Pyelonephritis. For those of you are not a part of the Mouser clan, that's a kidney infection. Aimee thought that they had ruled that out previously but I think that was yet another example of something getting lost in translation. Here are some pictures from the last few days.

1. Kids are amazing. Anna watched videos for about 11 hours on Sunday. She's got special skills. Here, she's training her siblings on the "tube stare".

2. Smiles were prevalent after she was temporarily freed from her IV supply. She even climbed up to the window sill to take pictures of the outside.

3. Dad tells the funniest jokes ever.

4. In the final moments of recovery.

5. Since the hospital is downtown, Elijah and Dad did some adventurous sightseeing. It took us across the river from Puxi (West side) to Pudong (East side). Here's a pic of Elijah peeking out the window of the ferry. This ferry ride cost us a whopping 13 cents. It's the main method of transportation for the Chinese to get across the river. So, there were 2 HUGE highlights. A boat ride and a taxi ride. The taxi ride was the highlight of Elijah's China experience thus far. Simple minds = simple pleasures, right?

6. Enjoying the "yaxi" ride.

Over and outta here.