Day 4

Well it is a brand new day. I am out of the hospital and back in our room at the Renucci House. It was wonderful to wake up with the family and have Atreyu there with me.

I have been feeding Ezra his bottles but today his respiratory rate had gone up so they had to put in a feeding tube this afternoon as a precaution. Nothing to worry about, and it probably wont stay there very long, just something to help out. Last night they had to move his IV site to the top of his head, it looks so sad but it is alright. Once he starts eating more, which he will with the feeding tube, they will be able to stop the Iv fluids.
The Neuro Surgeon stopped by this morning, he said Ezra was doing well but realistically that they have to be very creative with him and something will probably go wrong. His lesion is healing well but it is very large so there are so many unknowns into how it will heal. There will more than likely be more surgeries to repair the opening. Even though he will be in the NICU much longer we have a wonderful place to stay in Grand Rapids, friends close by, and Dave is able to stay down here and work from Grand Rapids.
Yesterday the plastic surgeon reminded us that the healing needs prayer as much as the surgery itself, the sooner Ezra’s back heals the sooner we can move on. So please pray for recovery at this time.

Tonight and tomorrow we have family coming in and we can’t wait for all the aunts and uncles to meet Ezra. We are thankful for our families support during this time.