The last 30 hours have been some of the hardest. It started when we got a phone call from Cody's doctor on the way back to the hospital. when he found out we were on our way he waited untill we got back to talk to us rather than over the phone. you can know that that is never a good sign.Cody had lost his IV. Normally this is not such a big deal except that he has been stuck


4-5 times in each hand and food and every spot had failed. There was nowhere else to go. With no where else to go it was time to consider a more agressive approach to be able to get some nutrition in him. Cody's doctor wanted to use a type of IV that would follow his vein all the way to the heart. This line would be one of the last chances they would have to be able to get Cody the nutrition and medications that he needs. A wonderful team worked on Cody for a few hours trying to get in the needed lines but it was useless because either the vein did not have a direct coarse to the heart or it would not be strong enough and the vein would fail. Finally one of the nurses got another IV in his scalp and they were able to resume the nutrition and medications after several hours without anything at all.

In the efforts to establish the iv there were a few X-rays taken his doctor found Pneumothorax (An air pocket outside the lungs. Some where along the way Cody had blown a lung and was leaking air into his chest, and his lungs were beginning to collapse. The big blue nose that he wore (the c-pap) was to help create pressure in the lungs to keep them from collapsing in when he exhaled but now it was posing a danger by adding to the pneumothorax. Now what do you do... If you leave him on the c-pap it could push more and more air into the space between the lung and the ribs and if you take him off then his lungs could stick together from the inside and not expand to allow air in. The decision was made to take him off and put him on low flow oxygen. (seen in the picture above) To our relief Cody's ability to breath did not get worse so we watched him through the night. If he got any worse he would have to take a ride on life-flight to another hospital where the really sick children go.



Needless to say it was another sleepless night in the NICU. Cody did really well. The Doctor had started to feed some of the breast milk that we had been stockpiling through the tube into his stomach. At about 3 am after his feeding he woke up for a few minutes. It was good to see his eyes and hear him breath so well. He was stable enough that we came home for a few hours rest.



We went back about 9am when they let us back into the NICU. They had taken another X-ray and the air pocket in his chest was smaller. The low flow Oxygen pressure had been reduced a lot and Cody was doing very well. After lunch Mommy got to hold him again. It was a welcome moment of hope. Cody and Mommy as you can see were verry happy to be together again.





It's a good sign to see your child awake and responsive after what he has been through. Seeing him so happy and comfortable after such a hard day and night was a big relief to us. this next picture was when he was on the C-PAP. It's quite a difference with the picutre above from today.



for family home evening we carved our pumpkins with the kids.... they had a grand oll' time.





I guess this one ate just a little too much halloween candy.....


This is a good image to remember from today



Happy Baby!! Thank you for all your prayers. We know that the Lords hand is in all of this and that he will work all things for the good of his children if they will be humble and turn to him. Remember it's not about how the trial ends, we know that the day will come that we will see an end to all of our trials, So it is not about the way the trial ends. the scriptures teach us that what matters is the enduring trials well. So remember no matter how this trial ends, (and we know that it will), I pray that we may be found worthy having endured in faith trusting in God, Who's watchful care we are in.