Update on Christian

Tomorrow marks 2 weeks that Christian has been in the hospital. It hit me today how much time 2 weeks is in a little baby's life. Christian has changed so much since he has been in the hospital, and the kids haven't been able to go visit him at all. I took a bunch of pictures today b/c I feel he is changing too much, and I don't want to miss it. He has lost that newborn look. He is so alert, and has given me a few adorable smiles.

He got worse this past Sunday, and they were going to move him back to the intermediate care unit. Right now, he is in a suite that has 4 beds, and 2 nurses, all in the same room. If they'd moved him to intermediate care then I would have had to stay with him 24/7 or they would have had to hire a sitter. The nurse spoke up to the doc and said that didn't make sense, b/c what he needed was a nurse watching him 24/7, and that he should just stay where he was. I totally agreed with that. I know most of the nurses, they are the same ones that cared for Talan. I feel very comfortable with him being in that room since I am not able to be there with him all the time.

We all miss him SO much. This has been so hard with him in the hospital. They had diagnosed him with just a bronchial infection, but b/c it is lingering so much, they are looking into more chronic conditions. He was exposed very extensively to a lot of drugs in utero, he tested positive for more at birth than Zachariah did. Because of that, they are just so unsure of what all is going on with him. It could just be an infection that was bad, but there could be an underlying condition. They have tested him for cystic fibrosis, and I am praying that test comes back negative. I know that would be a lifetime of pain for him.

Good news in all this....and it makes me very excited everytime I think about it. We went to court last week, and there was nobody from his family present, which I had suspected. The dad that the mom named is on the run, and it probably isn't him anyway, and they don't know who the dad is. The mom is still MIA, and the judge has moved to termination, and set the date for February. Things could always change, but with the history of the family, I don't see it, or that the judge would change her mind. Crossing my fingers anyway. I love him so much, and he feels like mine, just like Zachariah always has.

I am so hoping he can be home by Christmas. That is all I want for Christmas, for him to be here with us.

That silly oxygen tube won't stay in his nose...but that is a good sign too b/c he isn't really needing it much at this point.
If his eyes look like they are about to bug out...that is how he looks in person. He is getting albuterol treatments every 4 hrs, and they have him pretty wired.