I spent a portion of the day with Holden today. After Todd and I had talked on the phone, he composed this email and sent it out. I wanted to include it on the blog.
Bronwyn is with Holden now.
The doctor said that the EEG showed improvement from the last EEG! No other details regarding that.... but that is TERRIFIC news! I don't think we could have received better news! Praise be to God!
They are now telling us that we won't know results of MRI until tomorrow. As you can tell, things at the hospital don't always happen when they say they might happen.
Something else I've learned is that the results form the MRI and other "tests" will not be definitive in terms of diagnosis or projection of future health. It is merely a piece of information regarding his brain. I like knowing that because it just means they are admitting that they can't know everything. God is still way ahead of science and medicine. Light years ahead.
I should mention is that the unknown health effects of his difficult delivery may not be realized until several years from now. But, we all were born imperfect. And, none of us---- none of us have guarantee of our next breath. All of life is a gift. Holden is going to have an amazing story about God's hand in his life. I guess, we all do though.
The next thing in the life of Holden is that they are going to remove his central line - probably within the next 24 hours and today will try him with a bottle for the first time. Sometimes learning to suck, swallow and breathe while taking a bottle is easy, sometimes it is quite difficult for kids who are 8 days old in NICU.
I think he is going to pick it up fairly quickly. Whenever they remove his central line, he will get his first bath! And, the best part is that we should get to hold him! For the first time!!
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