More Baby T

So it has been a few days since I posted anything, but I just had to update and let everyone know just how good God is!! Baby T is doing extremely well! They pulled his ventilator and finished the EEG both on Monday. We were very hopeful to receive good news from the neurologist on Tuesday, and we basically did. The Dr was astounded with his progress up to this point, and he is "cautiously optimistic" that Tristan will make a full recovery/not have any brain damage. He is literally a super-baby! God must have needed to show everyone just how amazing his work is, and that you can truly believe in miracles, b/c it sure is shining through today!!!

This morning upon the arrival at the hospital, they discovered that baby T no longer had his nasal cannula in his nose. When they removed him from the ventilator the other day, his blood gas levels began to drop, so they had to give him some oxygen to help keep his levels up. Well once discovering that it was gone, it was also soon discovered that they removed the lines from his umbilical cord/belly button as well. They were suppose to start a PICC line last night, but unfortunately were not able to, as his veins kept "blowing out". They were able to give him a binky yesterday, and this morning the dr wanted to see if we would be able to eat 8 milliliters of breast milk from a bottle. Well much to their surprise, baby T just sucked it right down!! So they decided to see if he could eat 8 milliliters twice today, and perhaps while nursing from L, so they tried and guess what, he ate 36 milliliters!!! 4 1/2 times what they wanted him to be able to eat at one time!!! He is seriously absolutely amazing!! So that meant since L had to nurse him, she got to hold him, for the first time ever. It took a whole week of his life to get him to this point, but God is amazing and has allowed the miracle that is baby T shine through during such an amazing holiday season! So now L and C have finally been able to enjoy one of the many perks of a new baby, the gift of being able to hold their sweet baby. (I have to say, I am uber-jealous, but I know that in due time, Ne-Ne will be able to hold this bundle of joy, and further tighten the chain that he has on my heart, just as his cousins, L & A have!)

All these strides are absolutely amazing, and we continue to look daily for more miracle strides. The Physical Therapist was a little concerned that maybe his muscles were tight in his legs, so after checking him out today, they discovered it wasn't the legs that had the problems, but possibly his arms. So now we will pray for baby T's muscles to become more loose, and strong, so that we may get him home sooner to his mom and dad. Again, I would like to thank each and every one of you that has prayed for my family, and continues to pray for my family. It truly is a testament to the many great people that we have in our life, and it is nice to be able to share a miraculous story this holiday season!!!