quick update

Isaac is getting 34ml milk now and by this weekend he will upgrade to a high flow nasal
something its the little tube the older people have when they have to have oxygen.
He is 3lb 12oz and apx 20" long 39 1/2 cm to be precise. He is growing and doing great so
please keep praying.

Growing Up!

Well this has been another great week he has tolerated feedings and they have gone up to
32 ml of milk every 3 hours and they removed the breathing tube yesterday morning and the
blood gas this morning looked really good. They have started putting preemie clothes on him
and he is so adorable even though they don't quite fit. We are getting so close to him being
able to come home but we still have alot of milestones to overcome. At the moment he is on
a cpap/sipap machine that will help keep his lungs from collapsing between breaths and I don't
know what time frame we are looking at for that one to go away. He will have to drink a whole
bottle in 30 minutes in order to come home and be able to regulate his own body temperature.
He does a pretty good job keeping himself warm so I don't think that will be a problem and he
already sucked the tube constantly at feedings and takes a pacifier so as long as he can swallow
and not choke himself and remember to breath I think he will be ok. so we are still looking at the
end of July or the middle of august depending on how quickly he catches on. Thank you so much
for all your prayers the rest of the NICU could use some also there were 8 babies when Isaac was
born and they are close to 25 or 30 now there are at least 3 sets of twins and one set of triplets
now that take up alot of the Dr's time I have talked with one of the parents of a set of twins that
live in Sherman and those boys are not doing very good at all in fact they have been asked to just
let the babies die ans stop fighting it is very sad and I ask you all to pray for them they do believe
in God but are not Christians.

3Lbs

Yay! Isaac has officially reached the 3 lb mark tonight when they weighed him he was 3lbs 6 oz looking very happy and fat his belly is so cute and very ticklish.

48 Hours

Well Isaac has been reintubated because he just wasn't getting enough oxygen into
his bloodstream. He did really well on his own for 48 hours and they are going to try
again in a week or so after he's had a little more time to grow.

some interesting information about the equipment
CPAP gives a constant pressure into the lungs
SiPAP gives pressure then a break like you are sighing

Isaac was on both over the 48hours and I had to ask what the difference was because
the website I looked up earlier in the week didn't say there was a difference and almost
made it seem to be the same machine.

This week Isaac is 2LBs 14 OZs and 13 3\4" long

What a great day !

I was relieved of my constant pain and Isaac has been taken off the ventilator. What a surprise I was
told they might turn down the support a little today if his gases looked good, but when I called the nurse
was confuse and then realized I didn't know they had taken his tube out. What a great surprise and I
can't wait to see the little guy first thing in the morning.

I am sorry I am still working on those new pictures and a birthday party for the other three kids so please
excuse us moving as slow as the government.

Yay!

Well Dr Walden A wonderful wonderful woman has decided that Isaac is in the clear and doesn't
need the Broviac (IV) any longer. So any medications he will need from here on out unless he gets
really sick will be given orally. about 1pm they took out the broviac catheter and I got to hold him
for an hour before I had to get Izzy to ballet. He did really well as far as breathing and not throwing
a fit to where the nurses would have to breath for him or anything so he is getting so much better
than he was last week so please keep up the prayers we can see God working miracles every day.
Just the fact that Isaac is alive is a miracle.

Another great day!

Isaac is doing wonderfully starting to get the hang of breathing on his own handle people touching him
a little better. After Friday's fit I wasn't sure they were going to let me hold him Kangaroo but the nurse
was all for it and what a surprise we got Isaac allowed me to hold him for 2 1/2 hours on Monday. Normally
I'm lucky to get 45 min to an hour. Today I didn't hold him because he had an eye exam and we were not
sure when that Dr. would get there. Nate and I had a class on Monday evening where we got to meet
several other veteran NICU moms and talk with each other about our experiences and what we are going
through emotionally. We had a great time and some good laughs. I asked the Nurse in charge about another
mom I had gotten to know and how her baby was doing because last I knew she had a collapsed lung and
several infections so she was on multiple antibiotics and pain meds and all sorts of stuff and I got some sad
news that she had died last week. So unfortunately there is nothing but a bunch of trouble making boys that
are doing their best to keep the nurses busy. Please continue to pray for Isaac and these other families as
well as Nate and I as we are feeling the strain on our marriage because of the extra stress with bills and not
being able to be in all the places we are feeling pulled. We miss being with Jacob Izzy and, Josiah in the
afternoons and several hours of our weekends because we are trying to figure out all this stuff that needs to
happen with Isaac. Insurance is covering 90% of my bills from the hospital and 100% of Isaac's, but the 10%
of my bills left over we are not able to take care of because our extra money went to add Isaac to the insurance.
Its all very confusing and I still haven't figured it all out and probably won't so please pray that it all gets taken
care of and we don't start getting people calling and hassling us for money.