Landon is home from Boston

Landon came home from Boston, yesterday. It was a very stressful day for all of us and culminated with the airline needing to declare a medical emergency to get Landon off the airplane in Charlotte.
The doctors in Boston have been taking Landon off of his IV feedings for several hours each day. They monitored him while he was off his IV to make sure that his blood sugar did not drop and that everything else is OK. There was a problem, in Boston, getting Landon the PN solution to take home. They needed to get if from Baptist hospital in Winston and have it delivered to Jeremiah's home. So they decided to stop Landon's IV feeding at 12:30 allow him to fly to Charlotte without the PN. His flight was due to arrive at 5:30 which would have him off his feeding for five hours. He has been off for as long as eight hours but that was while he was being monitored. Kathy and I went by Jeremiah's home and picked up the PN and supplies and took them to the airport so that Landon could be connected as soon as he arrived. If everything would have gone as planned we would have been OK. It didn't.
The plane was an hour late leaving Boston. When they arrived in Charlotte planes were already docked at the terminal and they could not get off the plane. They were forced to sit on the plane for nearly an hour. By then it was approaching 7:30 and Landon had been off of his IV feeding for nearly seven hours. Jeremiah and Shelly began to notice that Landon's eyes were looking glassy and his he was becoming very pale. The airline attendants were aware of Landon's situation and when Jeremiah and Shelly told them that they had to get Landon off the plane immediately we believe that the attendants brought it to the attention of the pilots and they declared a medical emergency. The plane was allowed to dock at another airline's terminal. Jeremiah and Landon were taken off the plane loaded on a motorized cart and brought to us as quickly as possible. I had everything laid out in the van for Jeremiah to get Landon connected to his IV. It still took Jeremiah nearly thirty minutes to get him hooked up and going. Within a short time we noticed that Landon was more alert and looked better. Talk about a stressful day! We will never let that happen again. Landon will never travel again without having PN (parenteral nutrition, IV feeding solution) available.
Jeremiah, Shelly, and Landon are at home today getting some much needed rest.