Izaiah

Everyone has been wondering about Izaiah and how he is doing so I decided to start this blog to keep everyone updated! Here he is! Our handsome "tiny" bundle of joy! Izaiah was born 3 months early on September 30Th. He weighed a staggering 2 pounds 1 ounce! He has been in the NBICU at the University of Utah for 7 long weeks and will hopefully only have to be there for 5 more! He is such a little trooper! He was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (a gastrointestinal disease that kills your bowels and intestines) when he was 2 weeks old and the doctor gave him a 50/50 chance of survival. The surgeon said he was guaranteed to have surgery due to how severe the "nec" was. Izaiah proved everyone wrong and recovered without a scratch! Unfortunately it has returned and who knows if luck will strike twice. Surgery may be in his future. On a better note. he is gaining weight like crazy and is up to 4 pounds 4 ounces! Once he is able to maintain his body temperature on his own he will be moved from the incubator to an open crib! Once he is in the open crib we will be able to hold him whenever we want! Yeah! I just want to thank everyone for all of your love and support! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family and such wonderful friends!