Good News, but Keep Praying!

Baby Patrick is improving by leaps and bounds...

His mom attributes his condition to all your prayers!

Mom's doc discharged her on Thursday, knowing

how much she needed to be with her baby.

He was out of the incubator, but still on oxygen,

plus many more issues...

Yesterday when his mom & dad went to see him

he was NO LONGER on oxygen,

and they had removed

the drainage line from his lungs!!!

Mom held him for THREE HOURS!!!

(She gave him up to Daddy for a little while.)

He cooed and cuddled and just wrapped those

two big adults around his tiny fingers!

They even got to change diapers!!!

It is so cute, how much the little things mean,

when you are in such a challenging situation.

Patrick Joseph is still on IV feeding...

We are praying that all the doctors agree to let him

have some of Mommy's milk...

she has plenty of bottles full, but would be

OVER THE MOON

if she had the chance to nurse him today!

The biggest question going forward is the question

of whether he has something called

Hirschsprung Disease...

It is a condition where the nerves that line the

large intestine are not functional, or missing...

This results in constipation, because the nerves are

what "move things along" down there.

It can involve a small or large length of bowel.

They took a biopsy and are awaiting results...

If it turns out to be Hirschsprung Disease,

they will probably have to do surgery...

In the meanwhile, the little guy decided to go

and start pooping all on his own!

We are praying for the least invasive

and disruptive situation.

Thank you for praying for this family

and for Patrick Joseph especially.

Please pray, as well for all the other babies in

NICU...at this hospital and many others...

It is heartbreaking to see such little babies

having such difficulties.

Keep up the good work!

Pray, Pray, Pray!