Okay, so Josiah has the longest toes in the world-- little monkey toes...
As we were driving into Duke this morning I had a sick feeling in my stomach and I realized how much I HATE coming in in the mornings, because I just don't know what they are going to tell me... I sort of feel like I have to brace myself in case there is bad news. Once I am here, I can deal with the situation better, even if it is bad news.
Today was a good news/bad news morning. The good news is that his left lung re-inflated. The bad news is that part of his RIGHT lung has now collapsed. This kid is SO grounded when he's better. :) Again though, it's not much of a concern and he's doing well in pretty much every other area, so he will be moving to a regular room (and out of the PICU) sometime today. YAY! (That is unless, of course, something else changes... I have learned to not get "too attached" to any plan I hear, because it's likely it will change.)
So something I thought was really encouraging this morning... I got an email from my friend Courtney Scholl... Here it is:
Nick and Gwenn,
I was looking through a book last night with Tatum and we came across the name Josiah. It is listed as a Hebrew name with the meaning of “healed by God”. I just wanted to share it with you.
After I boo hooed about this for a while, Nick told me that a few days ago our sister in law Kristi had sent us a message saying the same thing. (I don't know how I missed it!) Nick and I had the realization this morning that Josiah IS healed. His heart is pumping on it's own-- and very well at that. All we are waiting on is his recovery. I think for the past few days I have been asking God to heal Josiah and I just realized this morning that he is already healed.
When you are sitting in the PICU everyday for hours on end with parents who have been here for MONTHS, you realize what an amazing story Josiah has. Praise God through whom ALL blessings flow.
Okay, one last thing-- a funny story from the PICU... Nick got kicked out yesterday. Seriously. He got kicked out of the PICU for falling asleep with the baby in his arms. What a hooligan.
More pics posted-- mostly of Josiah getting his OP and Speech Therapy... (Pretty funny that a 6 day old gets Speech therapy, huh?)
