Jordan is 65 days old today! What a crazy journey this has been. Crazy and yet so rewarding at the same
time. God has blessed us beyond measure
with our two beautiful baby boys! The
last two days have been filled with improvements for Jordan. His CRP level is continuing to go down and
his intestines are beginning to shrink back to normal size. His breathing is once again very strong and
they have him on low support settings.
His CRP this morning was 0.7. It
was funny because as Jacob was talking to the translator he was like, “You mean
1.7?” She assured him that she meant 0.7 and we were very pleased to hear how
low it is. This is the lowest it has
been for weeks. Once it reaches 0.3 it
is considered normal again. Jordan is
not currently on the antibiotics or the fungal medication because all the tests
came back negative for bacteria or fungus infections. It is awesome to see that even without any
medication, the inflammation is going away! Hooray!! So thankful that baby boy is pulling out of
the woods with these infections. Praying
hard that God would protect his body from future infections and growth and
would strengthen his immune system to fight off any predators. Dr. also said that once again, they would
like to take him off of the ventilator this week. We are praying that there will be no more
obstacles that cross his path that prevent this major step from occurring. Once he is stable on CPAP, we should be able
to start kangaroo care. I cannot wait to
snuggle my little boy against my body and give him real smooches. It is hard to think about how he is already
two months old and he has never gotten a real kiss from his mommy and
daddy. We know we must be patient. Afterall, if he was still in my womb, we
would not be able to kiss him there either.
Instead, we get a front row seat at watching the miracles that God does
in his life. What an awesome
testimony. God’s creation is beyond
amazing.
We went to church this morning and then spend the afternoon and evening
being lazy. We managed to take Lucy to
the dog park and let her run around with Jason and the other doggies for a
while. She needed a nice play time. Sometimes I feel really bad that she spends
so much time in the kennel these days but we are too attached to give her
up. We try to make up for it by playing
with her extra-long in the evening.
I was contacted today by a young lady from our base whose daughter was just
born prematurely (34 weeks gestation). I
ask that you would pray for their family and for peace for them. Their baby is doing well. I pray that God would allow me to be a
comforter and encourager to them and to support them as we know how they are
feeling living the NICU life. It is not
a fun thing to go through but our perfect babies are worth every moment.
One song has stuck in my head this evening.
I don’t know where it came from it just popped up. It means a lot to me and explains my
wishes. “Lord prepare me, To be a sanctuary. Pure and holy. Tried and true. With thanksgiving. Ill be a living, sanctuary for you.” I pray that God would prepare my heart to be
sanctuary that he can dwell in and work through for his purposes.
Lord I thank for this day that you have given us. I thank you for the warmth and sunshine that
you have designed. I also thank you for
not making it unbearably humid today. I
think you for the many blessings that you have given our family. I pray that you would strengthen Jordan and
put your loving hands on his body. Give
him immunity and allow him to finish healing from the issues that he has been
dealing with the past few weeks. You
know his needs lord and you are orchestrating his health. I ask that you would not allow any more
obstacles to cross our path that will deter him from being taken off life
support this week. Allow the transition
to go smoothly and perfectly. Allow
Jordan to take strong deep breaths and to be able to stabilize his oxygen on
his own. I pray that you would remove
the cloudiness in his eyes so that the doctors might be able to see and plan
for any treatments needed. Give him
perfect and wonderful vision. I also
want to pray for the family that I have met.
I pray that you watch over their baby girl and give them peace and
comfort. Help me to be a supporter where
I have gained experience. Lord be with
Jacob and me. Use our voices and our
actions to plant seeds into the lives of many.
Give us the words to say. Here we
are lord. Send us. Use us.
Work through us. Guide us. Lord I ask that you would organize our move
to the perfect location of your choosing.
I ask that you would set everything up and allow us to not be stressed
or overwhelmed with the burden of moving.
Give us strength and safety.
Allow us to lean on you moment by moment and day by day. We love you lord. In your holy name, Amen.
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