Day 5 Evening

Last night I said that tomorrow would be a great day.  Well, I couldn't have been more right.  Even though they are small victories he started making more urine and they came down on some of his medicine.  They still want him to produce more but they are at least happy with it now.  He is looking good and as you can see from the new pictures he is a little puffy but they say that most babies blow up like the michelin man after this surgery.  We also brought Bradie up to the hospital tonight and when we were going to our garage he saw the hospital and asked me where I was going and pointed and said, "There hospital".  He could not wait to get there and when he saw Brodie he told him he loved him.  He knows not to touch him and says that he is sick.  Tonight he said a prayer for God to take Brodie's bobos away.  LaVona is not doing as well as she would like because she just has not had time to stay off of her feet and rest.  The weekend should be pretty quiet but next week is definitely going to be a big week in the life of Brodie.  They will try to do a trial off ECMO and see how he does.  If he does well then they might take him off the next day.  If he does not do well they will put him back on and wait a couple of days and try again.  We will be very anxious at this time and it will be stressful as well.  If that works then it is time to face the tough question.  Does Brodie have enough good lung to sustain life off of machines?  That will obviously be the hardest time of all of this.  As you can see we still have a very rocky road ahead of us and still need continued prayers and support.  It is hard for me to say he is doing good because I don't want anyone thinking that he is even close to out of the woods yet.  He is just doing good for the stage that he is in at the moment.  We believe that he is a fighter and that he will beat the odds.