Reason to Rejoice!

Praise Jesus! Judah does not have biliary atresia, so he won’t need surgery! His liver and bile ducts are working fine according to what they found in the liver biopsy.
The docs said they now will look into some other things to determine what is wrong with Judah’s direct bilirubin count. They are going to involve [...]

Judah’s biopsy

Judah had his biopsy about half an hour ago at Children’s Hopsital of Philadelphia. The docs said he was a good boy during the procedure; he didn’t hardly cry at all! They’re taking the sample to the lab and hoping that the results can be done before the end of the day. He’s been a really [...]

Finally Home!

After 50 days in the NICU, Judah is finally home! He’s up to 5 lbs, 1 oz and he hasn’t had an alarm since last Friday. He’s been eating really well from Mommy and with formula, and he’s getting more and more feisty all the time.
Judah still has a liver issue that the docs are [...]

The Good and the Bad

The good: Judah had a really great week. They took his breathing tube out of his nose. He’s been taking all his feeds by mouth, so they took his feeding tube out. HE’S TUBELESS! He also has been maintaining his temperature very well, so they moved him out of his isolet into a regular crib. The [...]

Judah update

It’s been a while since I posted, but a lot has happened in the last 4 weeks. Judah has been in the NICU and has had some great care. He’s had some ups: he had his oxygen support removed, he moved from his heated crib to an unheated one, he began nursing. He’s also had [...]

First Days of Fatherhood

I wrote something about a week ago, but never got to post it. Here it is, even tho it was writen last Monday. I’ll try to update more ASAP.
Today was a very exciting day for us! Just to catch you up, Judah came into the world on Thursday evening at 6:31 pm. He weighed 2 [...]

Judah Wesley is here!

He came on Thursday, April 24th at 6:31 pm by C-section. He weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces and is 15 3/4 inches long. Click here to see him!
Jamie is doing well recovering from her c-section. She gets tired easily, but her attitude and spirit is great. She will probably come home Monday. Please pray that [...]

The time approaches…

The last couple of days have been crazy! Jamie got her blood taken yesterday (Tuesday) and all seemed fine. Then around 4 pm she started feeling a headache and it worsened as the night went on. We took her blood pressure and it was pretty high, although the home blood pressure cuff we use is [...]

Good Doc visit today

We went to the doc today (Jamie, her mom, and me). Dr. Eichenlaub said Jamie looked good and her blood pressure was good. So he said she could stay home the next 2 days, but she needs to get her blood tested tomorrow (Tuesday) and she’ll have another appointment on Wednesday. He also seemed to [...]

A pleasant surprise!

Jamie was home this morning while I was at church. She called between services and left a voicemail that said if I was going out to lunch she would be well taken care of. That’s because her parents showed up and surprised her! How cool! They flew up from Mexico yesterday just so they could [...]