Thursday, January 12, 2012

Update on our little man


Short update on brayden:
GOOD NEWS! he was 3 pounds 7 ounces last time i went to the doctor 2 weeks ago and they were sort of concerned that he was slowing down on growth... but today he is 4 pounds 15 ounces.. hes becoming a little chunker :) Im excited about that. He opened his eyes today on camera which the nurse said that doesnt happen to often so she hurried and got a picture .. its not that great of one but its still amazing he did that for mom and dad!! We love seeing him on camera but I dont see dr barsoom anymore which means no more good pictures :( so this will be the last one i upload. As far as it goes with his length in his arms and legs they are still measuring behind 5 weeks and they can only get measurements of his thigh's because of the way he is sitting.. not to mention RIGHT ON MY BLADDER ( so i always have to pee every 20 minutes it seems like ). A little more good news... his chest cavity wasnt a big concern today as much as it was last time i seen dr barsoom .. its small but not to abnormal :)  I dont see dr barsoom anymore because brayden is stable now i only see the main OBGYN every 2 weeks until the end... 7 weeks left... hes almost here.. we have mixed emotions about the whole deal considering his condition but still have little amounts of hope that we get a miracle. Also we seen him practicing his breathing today, which is good. so we got a little bit of the normal crappy news that we hope ends up turning out better than it is sounding now and then we also got some good news today.

                                               
the picture of him with his eyes open
We seen the hospice nurse today to and have it set up that when i have brayden if he cant breathe on his own they put the little mask on him to clear out whatever fluid is in his lungs and bag air into him a few times and see if he starts breathing on his own .. if he doesn't make much of an effort on his own we will go from there with intubating him until we get the diagnosis of everything and see what is all going on and then will make decisions after all of that. We are just HOPING we dont have to be making any life span decisions though since they dont exactly know anything until he comes out. brayden has his own plan and we have to wait to figure it out . Hopefully his plan is to end up coming home with mom and dad :) but we are still preparing ourselves for the worst. The hospice nurse along with the neonatologist and some other practitioners will be in the delivery room with us helping us with our questions about his breathing IF he even needs help. ect

3 comments:

  1. Congradulations on your handsome little boy, according to what i seen in the picture!!(: i hope everything with the baby turnes out good!! and he will come out a healthy baby boy! which im sure he will, juhs pray to god and hope everything pans out the way it spoze to be! i dont have any kids, but i cant wait till i have my first baby, i bet you and chris are excited, and over joyed to experiance all his first!! ;) well good luck with everything,you two will be great parents!!! keep me posted!!( -TaliRose<3

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  2. Hes adorable already :) And you know I love the name ;) Im glad you have things set in motion for his breathing needs. Its great to have everyone prepared! Our Braden needed intubation immediately so thats great that that is part of your plan! Praying for you and your sweet Brayden! You are almost there!

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  3. Thank you guys !!! We definitely pray for a miracle everyday that our little Brayden will have the right stuff to make it in this world !!

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