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Posted 2013-12-25T17:13:08Z

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas from SUPER BROCK to you!

The doctors have begun their discussions with the infectious disease team, and as of right now, we are being told the doctors want both an MRI and another lumbar puncture (LP) to help them decide how many more days on antibiotics Brock needs before leaving the hospital. This will likely take place on Friday or Monday. In order to get the best possible images for the MRI, Brock will need to be sedated. Please be praying for the entire procedure- there are always risks when putting anyone under general anesthesia. Pray that the clot has SHRUNK, or better yet, DISAPPEARED. Pray that we will see a DECREASE in the amount of white on the scan (areas of his brain that are dead/inflamed). Pray we don't need additional weeks of antibiotics and can begin talking about getting Brock HOME![...]

Posted 2013-12-24T17:49:19Z

GETAWAY WITH THE GIRLS

Brad and I got to spend a few hours at Great Wolf Lodge yesterday afternoon and evening with the girls loving on them and hanging out with family. I came back up for the night shift at the hospital, Brad stayed there with the girls, and we are about to do a switcheroo. As fun as it is to be with the girls, it’s impossible to get the fact that we aren’t all together off my mind. Christmas has always been about being with family, and it’s the worst feeling to not be able to make that happen this year for all of us.[...]

Posted 2013-12-21T21:40:38Z

STRENGTH TO STAND - FAITH TO FIGHT

There is so much that I feel like was laid on my heart for this time. Weeks and months before Brock’s arrival, and before his illness, I look back and see God preparing me for this story- OUR story: events and experiences that meant a lot to me then, but are everything to me now. They have become my strength and my hope when doctors give a grim diagnosis.[...]

Posted 2013-12-20T01:09:43Z

EXPECTATIONS

I never expected to be in the hospital with my 3 week old, to hear the words “permanent brain damage” in relation to my child, or to have the excitement of our first Christmas as a family of 5 disappear as I fight to simply survive this emotional and physical roller coaster. As I reflect on the Christmas story, I suspect Mary had several of those same feelings. She never expected to be visited by an angel, to be told she was going to have a baby, and to deliver that baby in a stable with nowhere but a manger to lay him in. “May it be as you have said” has not been my response. I still wish this was not my story. But the more that I accept it, the more that I am blessed by it. I am blessed when I see how many of you are following Brock’s story and lifting him up to the Father in prayer, when I go home to find it has been cleaned and repairs have been made, to find wrapped gifts under the tree, and medical bills being paid before they’ve even been received.[...]

Posted 2013-12-18T19:00:08Z

Swallow Study

At 1:30pm today Brock will undergo a swallow study to determine if we will be able to continue trying to feed him by mouth or not. If he is aspirating (breathing fluid due to him not closing off his breathing tube while swallowing) then we won't be able to try bottle feeding for a while. If he passes, then they'll move the feeding tube up to the bottom of his stomach. The tube currently goes past his stomach and into his intestine (less risk of reflux that way). They will add barium dye to some breast milk and track the fluid with a series of X-rays and the hope is that he is able to keep from breathing any of it. Prayers that he does well, please.  http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/upper-gastrointestinal-ugi-series[...]