I want to thank everyone that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. Mom is home but still pretty slow, as expected. John Hardin is still in NICU and probably will be for at least 3 more weeks. He has what is called VATER association. It is something that is seen in about 1 in 10000 babies. No real cause or anything, but it is seen in the central line of the body and limbs. The right had drive question is because he is missing the Radius bone in his left arm and has no left thumb. I can name many people w/o thumbs from team roping and had to get stiches in mine one time. Anyway this is all cosmetic. Some of the other things he has as I will try to go in order of importance, are his esophigis was not fully formed and it was attached last Sunday. They are going to run a Contrast test Tuesday to check for leakage and/or how much leakage, some is OK. If this test is good then the chest tube gets to come out then. Oh, by the way, he came off the vent Wednesday and off O2 yesterday. He has a VSD, hole between two chambers of his heat that will be fixed between 6 weeks and six months. A horseshoe kidney, that functions normally, but will have to be watched for urinary tract infections and kidney stones. Also his L3 is a little wedge shaped, nothing major but something that we will follow and have to look at about every 6 months. I am sure that I have for got something and will keep ya'll updated.
THANK EVERYONE OF YA'LL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS THEY ARE HELPING!
It is going to be a long road but for now everything is going in the right direction. Got to go be with him, talk to ya'll later.
Hardin Bale