Chaos in the NICU

This morning has been a little crazy and emotional. Yesterday Brodie had a good day and he was alot more active. We got some really good pictures of him with his eyes wide open. He was also waiving his arms around and kicking his feet a little. It is so nice to see him like this and LaVona even got to hold him up while they changed his bed. His oxygen was in the 50's all day and he looks much better now that he has lost a little fluid. We are so happy with all the progress but there is one issue that has us concerned. Right now he is on a five day steroid and they think that his progress may be due to the steroids. He can't stay on them for long because they are not good for you so hopefully he will not take a huge step backwards when they stop them. When we got here this morning Brodie looked like he had put some fluid back on so that had us a little down and then during rounds the very tiny baby across from Brodie's room started to have alot of problems and I don't think that she is going to make it. This is hard for us to see because you feel for the family and it just makes all of this way too real. LaVona struggled whether to go comfort the woman because she was all alone but then I look up and she is headed her way. She just hugged her and prayed with her and it made me so proud to call her my wife. Even with all we are going through she still sets everything aside to comfort another mom. Some days are more difficult than others and our hope is that today will get a little better all around. As I type this the monitor is beeping but this time it is a good beep. His oxygen saturation is at 100% so it sets the alarm off. Those are the beeps that we like to hear. I will post an update later tonight to let everyone know how the day goes. Please pray for the family and their baby across from Brodie. No family should ever have to go through this and our hearts go out to them. Hope everyone has a great day and I will try to post the pictures of his eyes open later today.