The First Weekend (Day 5)

The weekend seems like a busy place around the NICU;  a lot of out of town family.  Things were not so much different for us.  My parents are in town along with my sister and her family.  We also had an encouraging visit from some friends from our church. Lauren has finally been able to spend some quality time with Atreyu which she has been missing all week and Lauren’s family is in town now and we will be seeing them a lot over the next week.

Ezra has also been making some small steps forward.  His feeding is improving tremendously.  Tonight he took almost his full feeding through the bottle.  If he keeps getting better well be able to remove the feeding tube.  Also when we were out for diner the nurse called to tell us he opened his eyes.  He has been off the pain meds for quite some time, but he has been sleepy, never opening his eyes until today.  I cannot wait to see them.  We appreciate so much everyone that has been praying for us.  Your thoughts and gifts have been such a blessing to us.  Our number one desire is to see God glorified through this.

I am sure a number of you are wondering about his wound.  Below is a picture of his back.  The nurse was changing his dressing while I fed him.  The area was all purple after the surgery, but now is pinking up (pink is good).  It has a long way to go, but the doctor has been pleased with the progress so far.  On Monday they will do another ultra sound of his head to see what is happening to the fluid levels.  This will help the Doctors decide whether to put in a shunt.

Although Ezra is in the NICU, he is not fighting for his life.  There will be a lot of days where nothing really happens as most of our time is waiting for healing to happen.  We will try to post updates at least once at the end of the day.  If there are any surgeries or important things to pray about we will try to post those as we find out.

Again, we appreciate each one of you so much.