Jonah Is A Little Miracle

The UT Hospital NICU. The nurses took such good care of us.


Jonah in his incubator



He had IV's in his head, oxygen in his nose, and a tube to feed him that went in his nose. Not to mention all the millions of cords hooked up to his chest and feet. We got tangled in them constantly!

YAY! Here he is cord free and looking like a healthy baby boy. He has marks all over him from the tape that was holding the cords to his face. Look how tiny his face is in comparison to his huge paci! It just shows you how itty bitty he is!

We are a very expressive family apparantly when it comes to our facial expressions. Just check us all out...

We want to go HOME!

Pouty lip

What you talkin bout Willis?

Beautiful in their blue!

Doesn't he look like he is flirting with me? I just happened to get it at the right time! HA!

He sure makes me smile

He is another little miracle baby!

Hey family and friends! I just thought I would take the time to update you on our precious little baby and his progress in the last few days. On Wednesday, we were told that Jonah would be in the Neonatal Intensive Care at least some of next week. However, on Thursday I hobbled into NICU finding my baby looking like a different child! His lungs were not working as hard, his chest cavity was not as sunken in, and his coloring was less modeled. He actually had quite a bit of jaundice and had this golden glow to him that was so pretty despite the fact that you really don't want them to have jaundice. From that day things just kept going uphill and he got stronger and stronger. It seemed like every time I went to visit him, they kept telling me of something that he "graduated" from or a tube that was soon coming out! We were very encouraged. It is now Saturday evening, and I am sitting in what they call a "Rooming In" room with Jonah in his OWN clothes, NO iv's or tubes, and looking HEALTHY! If his jaundice improves by the morning and he doesn't lose anymore weight (he is down to 5lbs 14 oz), we will go home!!!!!!!!! It has been such a long week, and I am super eager to see my Micah (I have hardly been around him at all and he has not even been in the same room with Jonah yet) and get my family all home together! God has blessed us incredibly! The doctor told me that he was sorry that Jonah had to be in the NICU due to being taken early but if we waited another day that my uterus could have ruptured and it could have been tragic. In the C-Section, he looked at me and said that he could not believe what a close call it was! Thank you dear Lord, once again, for protecting me and Jonah and getting us through such a scary situation! I feel so unworthy and blessed!