Joshua's Journey: Day 3

Today has been an eventful day for Joshua. We went down there this morning to see him and they said that he did good over night, but his white blood count came back higher than it had been the last couple of times. It was still normal range, but higher. They also got back the results from my placenta, so they knew that I for sure had an infection and that's the reason he high tailed it out of me.

With knowing both those things, they decided to do a spinal tap to see if there was an infection in the spinal fluid. As we sat there and looked at our now 2 lb. baby I felt myself begin to get anxious and I had to decide if I was going to really let God's peace surpass all my understanding or if I was going to let myself be overcome with worry and fear. I decided that we still have a long way to go and Joshua is fighting hard so I needed to step up and do the same thing. I sent out some texts for people to be praying for the test, prayed A LOT myself and then waited for the results.

In the meantime Maddy came up to visit us and she was informing us of all the different fruits in the fruit basket and then decided that she wanted to play catch with them. We gladly entertained the idea as she tossed grapes and apples around the room. When I try to explain to her where Joshua is, she still points to my tummy. She hasn't been able to see him yet because she is not allowed in the NICU. So, she's going to be super surprised in about 3 month, or hopefully a little sooner!





We went back down to see Josh a little later and they informed us that the tests came back negative, thank you Lord! So he doesn't have infection in the brain! That was great news.

Also, some more great news is that he's off the ventilator and on a tube that goes through his nose and still assists with the lungs. He's pretty much breathing on his own, which means we can check off that answer to prayer.

We went down tonight just to check on him one last time before we went to bed (or wrote the blog) and we had such a fun time with Joshua. I got to assist in changing his teeny tiny diaper, we got to see him really open his eyes and he spent some time letting us hear him cry, which wasn't possible with the ventilator. Also, just to give you an idea of his size, here's a picture with him wearing Derek's wedding ring as a bracelet.

Here are some specifics that you can pray for:

That his CBC, white blood cell count drops back down even more into the normal range. You can pray that for me too, cause I really would like to go to the Good Friday Service and would like to take Maddy to egg hunt!

He continues to do well in his feedings and digests what is given to him.

For the nurses and doctors that are over him to be blessed and to have wisdom while taking care of him. These people are awesome!

For his ultrasound on Monday morning to go great as they are checking for bleeding on the head.

That God will be glorified through Joshua's life and ours.

I am so overwhelmed (in a good way) by what God is doing in the life of this child. There are people praying for him and us that we don't know and will never know. What a blessing! Until tomorrow, hope you all have a wonderful Good Friday!