The Unexpected (6)

This was a stressful time for the parents. The mother trying her best to be strong for her girls that needed her too, realized this was so much bigger than she could handle on her own. She felt like she was going to have a nervous breakdown. She dropped down and prayed like she never had in her life. God, I need you so bad. I cannot do this anymore. Please take away this stress and lighten my load, I give my baby to you, you know what he needs more than anyone. You are the only one in control of his fate. The mother felt an immediate weight lift from her shoulders. Thats when she changed.....thats when she knew, God was waiting for her to come crawling back to the Father. Recovery was slow, the Doctors tried numerous time to wean the baby off the ventilator but the baby wasn't handling it well. After more than 5 tries the Doctor did some exploring of the lungs and noticed that one side of the babies diaphragm was stuck in the (up) position. So he needed a surgery, Diaphragm Plication.....this would basically tack that one side down so that he could breath on his own. Surgery date was set and at 1 month old the baby was ready for surgery #2. This was the point that the mother decided she could not emotionally sign papers. When the anesthesiologist came in for consent all the papers talked about is please sign but understand "YOUR CHILD COULD DIE".....is all the mom seemed to see. After having her lil baby have cardiac arrest in her arms weeks prior this isn't something she could sign. Thankfully her wonderful husband again held the pen and signed. He had been her rock during these weeks, when she felt like she couldn't take anymore he was right there the whole way to hold her up.....keeping her going! Surgery was done and recovery went well. Baby was removed off the ventilator shortly after with no more breathing issues. One day as the couple was sitting in the babys hospital room. One of the attending Doctors came in and explained that since their son had been on ECMO during his open heart surgery that he could have developmental delays and since he was on the ventilator so long it may have affected his voicebox. By this time...that all seemed minor to the couple. They would learn to deal with and help their son with any delay or issue that came his way. They we're in for the long haul, they were determined to give their son whatever chance they could at survival. The Cardiologist came in, she was the same lady that first told the couple about their baby diagnosis. She sat with the mother one day in the room and the mother explained...."my husband & I have completed faith in God that he will take care of their baby, we believe that God sent us this Miracle and he is in NO WAY done with our baby". The Doctor set there and patted the mothers knee and said, Well Im sorry but Miracles DON'T happen, she said her goodbyes and left the room. The mother was NOT going to let someone try to destroy her faith in God. She knew God had this! A few weeks later the baby wasn't tolerating his formula well so the Doctors said he need a stomach surgery, GT-Fundoplication- Surgery #3, this was to prevent stomach contents from returning to the esophagus. All went well and baby was doing great. A few days later the Cardiologists came to visit again, her & the mother talked about concerns and she expressed how well the baby had been doing and she said......HE IS........ A MIRACLE BABY! After she left the mother cried while holding her little babies hand. The Doctor had finally understood! To be continued....