Prayer Request

Hello again. This is A.J. So Blake is doing well today. Yesterday when he arrived in this world he started to breathe a little too early and inhaled a bunch of nasty fluid so he had to be suctioned a little more than normal through his nose and mouth. One of the side effects of that suctioning is inflammation in the nasal airways. Since his are so tiny to begin with he didn't have much room left to breath through his nose and was having some trouble breathing yesterday so he was admitted to the NICU yesterday afternoon. They did some tests and x-rays and didn't find anything else wrong which is a relief so they're pretty sure it's just the inflammation so he's been getting some nose drops to help with that and he is doing much better today. He was grunting and snoring like a little piggy all day yesterday (which was kind of cute and funny even though it was because he couldn't breathe too well) and today the grunting and snoring is drastically reduced. He's feeding well and looks handsome as ever. We're hoping today that they will discharge him from the NICU which it sounds like they will and that we get to take our little guy home with us today. Prayers would be greatly appreciated. Tristen is doing well, tired as all new mother's are but taking excellent care of Blake and just being an all around outstanding mom. I'm tired too but otherwise doing great. The staff here at Swedish has been outstanding and all the nurses and docs are doing they're best to make sure we're taken care of. We've received a ton of support from our friends and family and we can't say thank you enough to all of those who have been by our side through everything. We are truly blessed. More posts to follow. Right now I have to go find the manual for this baby and look up the chapter on diaper changing.....I think the pamphlets are in the lobby. God bless.