Mommy's Update

THANK YOU! Your prayers have been felt, and God has been so gracious to us! We praise him for His love and grace that he has bestowed on our family.

I am currently sitting in Benjamin's PICU room. God answered some very specific prayers, and we can have three people in the room at a time. Originally, I was told it would only be one person at a time.

Right now Benjamin is resting. He is still very sleepy from the surgery, as well as the morphine they are giving him to control the pain. Overall, he's done beautifully! There have been a couple times, right when it's time for more morphine, that he gets upset, cries, his blood pressure goes up, as well as his heart rate. But for most of the afternoon, he's been resting well.

Right after he woke up in recovery, I was able to go back and hold him, and try to nurse. He's been too sleepy to eat, but it made this Mommy's week to get to hold him. I was alone when I saw him for the first time, but he looks GREAT! The peace that I felt at that moment was unreal. Truly, and answer to prayers.

Thank you again for all your prayers! Please keep them coming as we walk through the rest of the recover process. We will be in the PICU till sometime tomorrow, as long as Benjamin is doing well. Then it will be a few days in the regular recovery room. He's doing great, and we pray that it will continue.