We have been quite the busy family the past week. It seems like the crazy may never end. We hope that things will settle down shortly but we shall see what God has in store. Last time I blogged we were getting reacquainted with America. We are still working on that part but we have a little more of an idea of what we are doing day to day. We bought a car last week and turned in the rental! Wooohooo! It is so nice to have our own "wheels". Its a 2006 Kia Sorento. We wanted something that was practical for the whole family and this fit in our budget plan. We are still staying at a hotel but we have a contract on a house. We are hoping to close and move in before Christmas. The inspection found an allergenic type of mold in the attic so we are currently waiting for the seller to report that it has been professionally cleaned and guaranteed as not harmful. Finding the mold caused a little bit of a set back in the closing dates but we are starting to learn that God had that planned all along. Late next week we should be heading to Michigan for Jordan's eye surgery. Looks like we should come back just in time to close! Gods plans are perfect!
Besides getting settled, we had a few(okay a lot of) visitors. My family all came in last weekend to spend the holiday week with us. Although I didn't get too many cuddles with my boy this week as they were all hogging him, I enjoyed very much being able to share my precious boy with the family. Jason also had a blast with them here. He thought it was so much fun to wrestle with grandpa and have the other kids (uncles) around to hang out with. We spent a lot of time laughing, playing games, and enjoying each others' company. Not to mention we had an AMAZING Thanksgiving meal! YUM!! I love food. The only thing that could have made it better would have been to have Jordan home with all of us.
Jordan gave us a bit of a scare at the end of last week. During recovery from his hernia surgery he had two different "episodes". The day after surgery he had an eye exam. During the exam he stopped breathing and needed to be bagged to raise his oxygen levels and heart rate. The next day he was given a pain medication and had an adverse reaction to the medication. He stopped breathing and had to be bagged again. I was present for both episodes. It was very scary. Later it was decided that the pain medication was the cause of both episodes. He will not be receiving this medication anymore. Since then his recovery has been pretty smooth. His intestines were swollen from being handled but after a couple days of bowel rest he started working back up to regular feeds. He is once again on a very low setting of oxygen and is back on full on-demand feeds. Praise God for getting us through those episodes. We were reminded of God's power and strength.
Next week we will be heading to Royal Oaks, Michigan. Jordan will be getting at least one eye surgery and possibly two. We are going to be flying on a medical flight again. The reason we are being sent to Michigan is because the type of surgery that Jordan needs is only done at this one location in the country. These eye doctors are the best of the best. They are the leading doctors in pediatric eye surgery. The procedure they will do is unique in that they will be taking blood from both Jacob and myself and then spinning it to separate the plasma. They will be injecting the plasma from our blood into his eye as they re-seal the retina. This provides advanced results in healing the eye. I thought this was pretty cool. If anyone knows anyone in Michigan let us know. I heard its cold there :/ lol. If all goes well with his surgery then he has two options. He can either be discharged from the NICU in Michigan and we will fly commercial back to Seattle; or he can fly medically back to Seattle and be discharged from here. We will cross that path when we get there. One step at a time. It is hard to believe that it has almost been six months since our journey began. Our precious miracle boy. Born at 12.3 oz and 9in long. He is now 6lbs 8oz and 18in long. Praise God. What a miracle!!
Tomorrow we are going to try out a new church. We pray for Gods direction.
I ask that you keep us in your prayers as we prepare for this last leg of our NICU journey. We are all anxious to start the next leg with us all home together. I ask that you pray for:
1. Safe travels to and from Michigan
2. Safe and successful eye surgery
3. Fast and uneventful recovery
4. A smooth closing process on our home
5. That God would lead us in our hunt for a new church family.
We are so blessed to have so many friends and family that care for and love us. We are even more blessed to be surrounded by God's family. We hope you all had a great holiday.
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