Thanks!

Kayden just wanted to thank all of those who have been praying for him for the past few weeks! (He has a glove on his right hand, and waved all on his own... we were leaving last night when all of the sudden he started waving goodnight. We figured he was also thanking everyone!)


He (along with his parents) feel those prayers. "For the prayer of the righteous availeth much." We realized today how many more people were praying for him than we even knew about (Thanks to the Valley View Ward in Rexburg, ID, as well as the BYU-ID 78th- Please feel free to leave comments/questions).

As for an update on the little guy... He is off of dopamine, which was raising is heart rate, but was bringing up his blood pressure a bit. His heart rate is back to being a bit more normal, and his blood pressure has stabilized. They have also started feeding him breast milk (started at 1cc/hr. and are now at 3cc/hr. His feeding tube is through his nose, and goes directly to the small intestine, which seems to be handling the milk just fine. They are also decreasing the amount of oxygen given through the ventilator, which will give him the opportunity to begin to breathe on his own. Hopefully by tomorrow, he will be extubated. His radial arterial line was removed this morning as well. His O2 saturation levels are stabilizing, which is a good sign since they want to take him off the vent. soon.

Chelsea and I are doing quite well, (getting enough sleep). We continue to count our blessings for Kayden's progress and give all of the credit to God, for all of the miracles that we have seen these past few weeks. We couldn't be happier to see our little family grow, and begin to raise such a special son.