June 30, 2008

We would like to ask for some special prayers this week. The doctors are doing a head and chest ultrasound this week on Zachary to make sure that everything looks good. If it does, and he starts to gain weight, we are going to do a room-in with him on thursday night to have a trial run through the night with just us to take care of him! AHHH! :) If he does well that night then we will be able to bring him home on Friday!! It may seem selfish, but we need prayers to have this go well so that he can be home with us this week! We will keep you updated! Thanks!

June 28, 2008

It looks like Zachary's stay in the hospital is coming to an end soon!!! The doctor told me on thursday that he sees him going home mid-late next week!!!! We are so excited and hope that this is true! He just has to continue eating well and handling himself without oxygen. He is doing great so far! Right now he only needs the oxygen here and there when he is eating from a bottle. As it stands right now, he won't need to come home on any monitors or oxygen! GOD IS GOOD!! We know that if it wasn't for him, Zachary may have not made it this far. Thank you once again for all of your continued prayers! Lets remember to also thank God for the wonderful miracle we have seen through Zachary!

June 25, 2008

It has been an exciting 24 hours! Zachary is completely off of the oxygen!!! Its so nice to see an almost clean face! He still has the NG tube for those times that he's too tired to eat. He is nursing 6 out of 8 feeds and has to learn to take the other two feeds out of a bottle so that he can come home!! The doctors want him eating at least two bottles a day with a calorie supplement so that he can continue to gain weight. We are all so very anxious to get him home! Please continue to pray peace over us in the last couple of weeks as we are ready to STEAL him away!

June 23, 2008

Zachary is doing WONDERFUL! We want to thank all of you for your continued prayers to get him home! He is currently on 1/8 L of oxygen which is as low as it gets. He has nursed every feed so far today (4) and I will be spending the night at the hospital tonight to see if he doesn't get too tired doing it every feed right now. We are so proud of him! Thanks to all who have sent gifts! They are wonderful and we are VERY appreciative!!

June 18, 2008

Well Zachary got moved to the Intermediate nursery yesterday afternoon! This is a big step for him! The doctors say he is stable enough where they don't have to keep such a close eye on him. We would like to ask you all to please have a prayer focus on him eating. That is the last thing he needs to do in order to come home to us! Thankyou all for all of your continued prayers!

June 17, 2008

We almost have a 7 pound baby on our hands!! Zachary weighs 6 pounds 15 ounces! We are so delighted that he is getting so big! He is on minimal oxygen settings and we are still waiting for him to come completely off any day now. The doctors and nurses are very pleased with his eating as well. He is getting more strength to drink a 2 ounce bottle. He likes his mommy best though! Our oldest, Camden, will be headed back to TN this week to have a vacation at Nana's house! This will allow me the time to really focus on Zachary's eating and getting him home!!

June 11, 2008

Zachary is a big 6 pounds 7.4 ounces today! He is just growing like a little weed! I have been nursing him throughout the day and he does very very well! At night when the nurses try to give him a bottle, he won't take it. Obviously cause its not his mommy! He also has been awake more during the day and enjoying being in the swing and looking at his mobile! We are getting so anxious to get him home!

June 5, 2008

Zachary is currently at 3/4 L of oxygen and doing great on that. Before we know it, he'll be off oxygen all together! We are getting a little anxious at home. We feel like we are on the last stretch and we don't want to go any further... we just want him home NOW!!! Of coarse we'll do what we need to but its been long enough already! Here are some more pictures for you all to enjoy!

F.Y.I.

I was asked by my friends to come up with a list of people to participate in a special kind of baby shower. I thought this would be the best way to inform you all that if you would like to be involved please email me with your address. Thank you so much from all of us!

jcstafford07@yahoo.com

Kenneth, Jenna, Camden, & precious little Zachary!

June 3, 2008

Today was a great day! One of my many best friends, Jane, is in town for the week! Zachary was so happy to have visitors! They have reduced his oxygen flow from 2 liters to 1 liter and he is handling it very well. He is also still doing well with his feedings and should be eating more often from me very soon. We are so excited that he is doing well and he should be coming in 4-6 weeks if all continues to go well! We will keep you informed!

June 1, 2008

Well well WELL!! It has been a mighty exciting and busy week. We are finally back home in our own beds and it is wonderful! Zachary has made a huge improvement this week! It seems that the shunt is what he needed to start getting better! He started eating on Tuesday and did absolutely wonderful! The doctors were worried he wouldn't be able to suck, swallow, and breathe all at the same time but he did it wonderfully! He is up to 4 feedings a day. It is amazing how hard it is for his little body to just do something that seems so simple and normal to us. Also, tonight I was able to give him his first real bath! He was so precious and didn't really know what to think of it. We are so thankful to all of you for being so faithful and for checking in on him so much! Once he is able to eat all of his feedings by mouth, he can come home! We love you!