Five Days Home From the NICU

AaronMatthew came home from the NICU on Friday, October 31st. It was a moment when I cried tears of joy. Finally!! After being 57 days old, it was our time to go home.

As I said a tearful goodbye, a nurse that had been in the same room as AaronMatthew and taking care of other babies had called me over to her. She slipped into my hands a book that was titled: God's Promises for Mothers. In it is nothing but Scriptures from the Holy Bible. She gave me a tearful hug and told me that she appreciated me doing what I am doing here in Detroit ministering to the people here.

We were home for 5 days. My husband and I were terribly sleep deprived in caring for our baby with around-the-clock.

I took AaronMatthew to the pediatrician on Thursday to get vaccinated.

He took a nap when he got home and woke up breathing really hard and rapidly. He seemed uncomfortable. I waited about 10 minutes to see if he would calm down when I held him and I also decided to call his Cardiologist. I didn't get a hold of him at that time. After the 10 minutes, we took him into the ER due to repertory distress. The Cardiologist called me when we were on our way to the hospital and had the Cardiologist on call paged to come to the ER. We were rushed into trauma and a IV was started.

A close eye was kept on him. There was talk about intubation because he was working too hard to breathe and then they admitted him back up to the NICU where he has been for the last 3 days.

The thought is that all of this is a combination of his vaccinations and a virus and it was just too hard on his body and it caused an issue with his heart to beat harder and faster, which in turn made him breathe harder as well. There have been no tests that have come back positive for bacterial viruses. (I believe it was overload on the vaccines which caused this.)

My husband and I saw the Cardiovascular Surgeon and he explained how he was going to do the open heart surgery and all of the risks and possible complications.  As he was explaining things to us, I could not stop the tears from coming as I looked at him talking to us. He asked if we had any questions and I tearfully looked at my husband and he said, I don't even know, what do I ask? He looked at me and I said I am a sleeped deprived and a little numb. I don't know.  The doctor pulled out his calendar and said how does November 27th sound for the surgery? We said that was fine. Our pastor and his wife were going to come and visit us the week of Thanksgiving and that works out because they will be here. I am so thankful for that because we don't have family here in Detroit. We are thankful that they are going to be here for us.

The Cardiovascular Surgeon then said, "Would you like to pray?" We said Yes. Of course. And he prayed for AaronMatthew, us, the doctors and everyone involved in his care. It wasn't just a short prayer. It was meaningful from his heart. I sobbed and began to cry hard. The doctor got up and left the room and my husband and I cried some more.

We know that "God is with us." Immanuel.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28