All is quiet

(Original appeared May 19, 2016)

All seems to be going rather nicely at the moment. The medical staff was worried (and so were we) over the last few days as to why Jacob was burning through platelets so fast. Shortly after he would receive a transfusion, his count would drop. The theories abound, but we don’t have a solid answer. Then today, his platelet count was just fine and so for the first time in several days, he won’t need a transfusion. Go figure. He seemed to be very restful yesterday and last night and so we gave him a day off from holding. Today, Deb gets to hold him again and she’s so excited about that.
There is a constant thought that looms in the background for us. Eventually, when he gets bigger, stronger and more stable, we will need to address some of the serious health conditions that he has. The hydrocephalus (water-on-the-brain) is still there, and so is his PDA (“hole” in his heart). We’ve been tending to so many other more “urgent” matters, and he is still so small, that there isn’t much we can do about those things currently. There is a sense of both dread and hope for the day when we must address these issues. For now, God is certainly “establishing our steps” and He hasn’t failed us yet. We’ll take the blessings as they come. One blessing includes having him receive swabs of breast milk again. Did I mention before that he LOVES those?