My little fighter

So I walked by a mirror early and saw myself and almost threw up. I feel sure Stacie and Clinton from What Not to Wear will jump out of the closet at any moment to slap me with a fashion ticket! LOL. Seriously if you could see what I looked like! The bags under my eyes are so big they need their own zip code! Ha!

Thought I'd start off with a little humor. That's my personality. I just have to say thank you for your prayers. We covet each and every one of them. We have felt so blessed throughout this whole process and have been blown away by how many people are praying for our son.

Currently Parker is back on 100% oxygen support. He is getting breathing treatments every 4 hours now to help open up his lungs. We have been told that he has Atelectasis, which is collapsed lungs along with Pneumonia. The latter is a very scary word for me to hear. People die from Pneumonia..so hearing that word from the doctor today was like a punch in the gut. I tried not to panic...so I did the next best thing--ask a ton of questions.

I can't even describe to you how awesome the care is here. Every whim is being taken into consideration. My son couldn't be taken better care of anywhere else. We don't even have to get our own ice water. I love his doctor and all the nurses. These people truly care about the well-being of children.

After each breathing treatment, Parker gets suctioned--this is not a pretty thing to watch. This is to help remove the mucus that was just broken up by the treatment. It seems to really help him but only for a short period of time.

They are attacking the pneumonia aggressively with antibiotics. He has good days and he has bad days. We are just playing the waiting game to see what happens next.

The praises are that his blood and urine came back negative for infection and bacteria. And also the spinal tap came back negative for meningitis! We are very thankful for that!

The unfortunate thing is that we are back to not be able to feed him. His oxygen levels are dropping again and are not consistant enough. So no breastfeeding or bottle feeding until they are more stable. The worry is that the milk can asperate into his lungs and basically fill up in his lungs--not good.

So that's the update on Parker. He is fighting this thing hard! God has revealed himself to me in several ways through this. I feel so unworthy of all the prayers. How often do you tell someone that you are going to pray for them and then you forget? I think we are all guilty of that. But I have had so many who keep telling me over and over that they prayed for Parker today; or yesterday..or have sent me bible verses or prayers that they have prayed. Gods people are amazing. My hope is that I can return the favor to each and everyone of you when it is needed. I pray God's greatest blessings over each person who has prayed. From a mother's heart, thank you.

I will keep you all posted here on the blog and on our facebook.