3 Weeks old today!

(Original appeared April 30, 2016)

Jacob has surpassed expectations and odds by reaching a milestone today: 21 days. But it hasn’t been easy for him. You’ve been reading about his road so far, and last night was no different. After a rough day yesterday of tests and a failed attempt to insert a PIC line, he has been sleeping hard and mostly letting the vent breathe for him. (The nurse said he got his butt kicked). They’ve had to crank up the O2 to keep things where they need to be which is not the best news. But the staff reassures us that, again, this is the normal routine for an infant his age. It’s part of a growing process that was supposed to take place in the womb but he’s experiencing it out here. Today should hopefully be a day of rest for him so that he can catch up and begin to breathe on his own once more.
I want to add that Deb and I shared ‘a moment’ while shopping for some grocery items at the store. We treated the 20 minutes as a date, and after we had gathered our items and were walking to the checkout counter, the song Piano Man by Billy Joel played over the speakers. We began singing and slightly dancing together down the aisles like fools in our own world – enough to have fun but not enough to spark a phone call by management to bring in the men with white lab coats. God gave us just that moment to reconnect and reinvigorate. I just hope we were on camera.