Matthew has had surgery

Yesterday Matthew had surgery. We showed up at the hospital at about 9am and we were not sure if they were going to do surgery or not. They had to make sure that he could handle lying on his right side. (that is his big lung and "good" side) He tolerated it very well. So at about 10:30 the took him in for surgery. They started at about 11:30 and finished at about 5:30. He was a trooper through the whole thing. The nurse called us about every 1/2 hour with updates. He did really well and is still doing good. The incision is only about 2in wide. They made the incision on his left side under his arm pit area. It will heal and not even be noticeable in the future.

We have one more hurdle we have jumped, but we are still a long way from being in the clear. We have NO idea when he will be able to go home it is a one day at a time situation. The Dr's don't even try to guess or even give a timeline. They say they work in a very short time frame. (day to day) So everyday that is a good day is one day closer to getting him healthy and home.

I will keep you updated as I know more.

Love,
Jaime

Peanut has arrived

Peanut has arrived...Well now known as Matthew James. Our precious little miracle baby. He was born October, 25th 2011 at 2:46am. He was 19 1/4 inches long and weighed 6lbs 11oz. As soon as he arrived they cut the cord and handed him off to the NICU team. They worked on him for about 10 minutes to get him intubated and then off to the NICU they went. Jim got to go along with them. 

He is doing really with all things considered. He was given 100% oxygen right away and by 6:30am he was down to 30%. So he is doing really good for that. They will just keep monitoring him and lowing the O2 levels until they can get him to breathing on hos own for awhile. The surgeon will be in today sometime to check him out then they will just evaluate him for a couple days to determine when surgery can be done.

We have jumped over the first huge hurdle and now we have several more to jump, but I have faith that he will do great. We just ask for continued thoughts and prayers and I will keep you all posted.

Love, 

Jaime, Jim, Finn, and Matthew