Brodie Opens His Eyes

We called this morning to check on Brodie and they said they they lowered the dopamine for his blood pressure and they said he opened his eyes!  We were so excited and couldn't wait to see him.  I briefly saw his eyes the first day but LaVona has never seen them.  We got down to the hospital and they said he hadn't opened his eyes in a while and I thought LaVona would be really upset that we had missed him opening his eyes.  When we got to his bed LaVona talked to him and he opened his eyes immediately.  He knew his mommy was there and he wanted to see her for the first time too.  I never would have thought that seeing your sons eyes would stir up so much emotion.  It felt like we were at least moving in the right direction.  It was dark and I know it is early but I am dying to know if he has his Mommy's and Bradie's beautiful blue eyes.  Overall a great day and he is still trending well.  They said tomorrow night or Monday is when they should do his trial off ECMO.  Although we are excited we are also scared.  Right now everything has not changed much and they are happy but it gets real when his body has to start doing the work.  We can't express to you how much we love him and just want to hold him.  It is so hard to see him with all of those tubes and his eye swollen shut but as long as we take him home we are willing to do anything.  The nurse told us that we would be lucky if we had him home for Christmas.  That one kind of stung.  We will let you know as soon as we find out when he is doing his trial off ECMO.  That is when we will have to pick up the prayers.