Baby T

Well, today (Dec 5th) was the 5th day that T has been in this crazy world. He has made some major progressions over these past couple of days that are showing such a huge improvement!! It is great to see him taking small steps that will equal a large step in him getting healthy. Baby T made it through the 72 hour cooling process and they were able to warm him up 2 days ago without any complications. We were bracing ourselves for what could have been bad news, but thank the Lord, he did wonderful!!! The nurses had explained to L and C that baby T could go into distress during this warming process, and that is why the take the warming slow. They warmed his body temp up .5 a degree at a time until he was at a normal temp of 98.6 degrees. The nurse that actually was there during this process said that usually babies will have some type of stress and that will cause their vitals to drop, so she gave up her other patient that day to sit by T all day and watch him. He did just wonderful, and not 1 time did any of his vitals drop, nor did he suffer any problems!! He is such a trooper!!

Today, baby T was doing so well that they were able to remove his IV out of his hand (which was apparently quite a feat for him to keep the same one in that hand anyways, as newborns, especially sick babies, have a hard time of keeping the same IV line during the process of needing an IV). They also were able to remove his catheter, as baby T is just moving right along with going pee-pee!! Who knew that I would be celebrating pee-pee parties with my 2 year old niece and nephew for using the big potty, but also for my 4 day old nephew for just going pee-pee at all, during the same time in my life!!! It really is amazing to see God's work unfold! I become very overwhelmed and start to cry every time I stop and think about how many people are praying for this little guy!! It is almost embarrassing when you break down in public in a crying fit b/c you are just so emotional. I lost it about 3 days ago during dinner at McAllisters, and I know I probably looked like a fool crying in the middle of that restaurant, but then the next day I went with my mom to Build-A-Bear to make a puppy for baby T (since that is the theme of his nursery.) We picked out the puppy and went to have it made and it was like God just reached down out of the sky and showed us just how many people were praying right then and there. We handed the puppy over to be stuffed, and the woman asked us who it was for and how old he was. We said his name and that he was 3 days old, and the woman actually knew who he was! She went to school with L a while back and had heard about baby T, she let us know she had been praying for him, and that many other people were. It was a very emotional moment, and very hard to remain calm and strong in the middle of the mall. God is so amazing!!!

So now we are at the point where baby T is making some great improvements. L was discharged from the hospital today, and as I am sure so many mothers have experienced, was none too happy to be leaving her baby behind. It is hard to really stop and think about how hard that is to come to the hospital with baby but not leave with him, right now. She is super strong though, so she is making it work. But they have already been back up once to visit tonight, and then she will be spending everyday with him while C has to go back to work. Baby T will come off of the ventilator tomorrow, and he will be having a brain ultrasound tomorrow to check for any bleeding on his brain. Please continue to pray that baby T looks wonderful and that he will be home as quickly as possible!! L, C, and baby T will be having a big week this week with him getting off the ventilator, having the brain ultrasound, and having his pediatric neurologist appointment. They are still running an EEG (brain scan) on him as we speak. The neurologist decided to run it longer than 24 hours (baby T has been going at it now for 51 hours now), actually indefinitely until he says otherwise, so that is hard to wait and see why and what the outcome is. I am continuing to pray that we only receive good news from that!

So thank you everyone, for your kind thoughts, comments, and wonderful prayers so far. It truly is amazing to see how many people are praying for this little guy and his family to make it! God is answering our prayers, and will continue to answer them!