Lovin the milk

Jacob is doing really well with tolerating breast milk. He started with 2cc's an hour yesterday to see how his belly would do since it had not had it yet. Today he is up to 6cc's and still doing great. I know it will be a challenge to teach him to drink from a bottle but I am so happy that he is getting the milk now.

They are still tweaking the vent. It will take a little while to get him off of it. They have to take it slow because of his lung issues he has had. They need to make sure they are ready.

He is doing so well. I am so proud of him.

Happy Easter

Jacob is doing so well, we are so proud of our little boy.

We had a big day yesterday. They took out the belly lines, his chest tube and his pacing wires. They never had to use the pacing wires luckily but they are there in case. So all of that is gone. They also stopped his dopamine, one of his heart medications.

They finally started him on breast milk and he is tolerating it very well. He is only getting 2cc's an hour and they are increasing it each day. Once he gets to 30cc's then I can start trying to give him a bottle. He wasn't able to get any milk for almost 2 weeks so I am very glad he is tolerating it so well. They are still doing IV nutrition as well until we get the feeds up.

They are slowly weening him off the vent. Because of his pre-op lung issues this will take longer than normal. They don't want to push his lungs. It may take at least a week. Pray he doesn't have any long term lung issues. They said his lungs still had a little fluid but not that bad. They said we will just have to see how he does coming off of the vent.

Overall he is doing very very well recovering from the Norwood operation. His stats are all very good and they are very happy with how he is progressing.

Happy Easter!

A Good Night

Jacob made it through the night and did very well. He now is past 2 major hurdles, the surgery itself and the first 12 hours. The first 24 to 48 hours are critical though so please continue the prayers.

They will be closing his chest at 11am today.

I am so proud of my little guy. He looks great!

We saw Jacob

We just saw Jacob and he looks great. They were very happy about how everything went. They said he is peeing a lot already and they said that was a very good sign. They left his chest open because of the lung issues he has had but said there was no swelling or bleeding so they will close it tomorrow. He will be on the paralytic until they close the chest. He was not swollen at all, I was very surprised at how well he looked.

Thank you all for the prayers and support. The next 24 to 48 hours are critical.

We love you Jacob!

Surgery is over

They are closing up right now. Everything went smoothly. We are waiting to talk to Dr. Spray to get more details. I will post after we talk to him.

Thank you for all of the prayers!

Update... and pictures of us holding Jacob!

Jacob is on bypass and doing well. I thought I would share some pictures of us getting to hold our baby boy for the first time. Aidan met his baby brother this morning too. He was not phased by the machines, he told him he loved him and then wanted to go back to play his computer game lol. Thank you for all of the support and please continue to keep our baby boy in your prayers!

Enjoy the pictures!

Mommy holding Jacob for the first time...





Daddy holding Jacob for the first time...




Mommy, Daddy and Jacob...





Our Family...

Jacob is in surgery

Please pray for Jacob. He is in surgery right now. We got to hold him this morning, it was so perfect. We will update everyone as we get updates.

Please Pray!