Monday, September 24, 2007 - Evening Update

Ryan and I were talking last night and came to a similar conclusion. We remember hearing stories in the Bible where Jesus performed miracles right in front of others. Those same people who witnessed the miracles still lacked faith. It made you want to say, “How can you not trust God when you’ve seen what he can do?” Now, I find that I’m asking myself that same question. As you know, both of their head sonograms were clear. From what we’ve heard, it is a rarity for a 23 weeker to not have any bleeding in their brain or sign of PVL. For BOTH Logan and Olivia to not have any bleeding or sign of PVL is nothing short of a miracle. Ryan and I were so relieved when we heard the news. Today, however, Logan is struggling quite a bit. Just looking at his swollen body would be enough to make anyone cry. He had an abdomen sonogram done this afternoon to try to figure out what is going on with his kidneys. The results are still inconclusive. It is believed that he may have a yeast plug that is blocking the ureter and preventing the urine from passing through. They have done some cultures and started him on antibiotics. We should know something in a couple of days. There is a slight chance that it could also be a kidney stone. I’m sure there are many more things that it could be. They did rule out an abscess or cyst. Also, his kidneys are still very immature and that could be causing some of the problem as well. For now, they have him on dopamine, but they may have to increase his dosage to get him to release more of that fluid. I’m so worried about my little boy and pray that he gets over this hurdle. At the same time, I ask myself, “How can you not trust God when you’ve seen what he can do?” God is taking care of them and has gotten them through so much in the past 4 weeks. There is nothing that He can’t do.

Olivia seemed to be having a little rougher day today. They did have to turn her vent settings up a little bit today and her oxygen has been a little higher. She does have a pretty bad rash on her bottom that they are treating. She was busy getting her beauty sleep today and didn’t want to be bothered (so, sorry no pictures today of either one of them.) Please continue to keep them in your prayers. Please pray specifically for Logan’s condition to improve. Thank you for witnessing all of these miracles with us.