Sunday, April 19, 2015

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all for your faith, prayers, and well wishes. We are doing very well. Jeanne has been able to walk around a little bit and has been able to get wheel-chaired down to the NICU to see Jake Jr.

Junior is still stable, but he has had to have to two blood transfusions so far and will likely have a few more. His lungs are doing well, but he will need to be assisted by the ventilator for several weeks. The extra oxygen he is getting now will negatively affect his eye development, so we are hoping he can quickly learn to breathe on his own.

The doctors all talk to us about a honeymoon phase where the baby does quite well in the first 48 hours and then start to have some more challenges, so we are praying that those are manageable. We did here tonight that he had a little tiny cry last night before they intubated him which was good to hear because we were not aware he had made any sounds.