FINALLY!

Izaiah was scheduled to have surgery on Tuesday, but, of course, our little man does things his own way! His electrolyte levels and CO2 level combination was just so that if they were to operate on him he would go into cardiac arrest! Once again we waited. No one was more upset to hear this news then Kennedie! For days, I had been telling her she would finally be able to see her brother! She picked out a pretty dress, and actually sat still to get her hair done! This was going to be the best day of her life! Now, let me tell you how awful I felt having to tell her she would have to wait! She bawled and she bawled! All she wanted to do was kiss her brother! It's RSV season, so she is not allowed to go into the NICU. She has not seen him for 4 months! This is not an easy thing for a 2 year old to understand! However, over the night, they were able to stabilize the levels and he was put back on the schedule for Wednesday. When they wheeled him out and Kenna got a glimpse of him, she SQUEALED!! I'm not joking you, she sounded like a pig!! She laughed and she giggled and the first thing she said was, "My brother is so cute!" The whole way to the operating room, she kept saying over and over! "That's my brother! He is CUTE!" She kissed him on the forehead before they took him in, and that was the best I have felt in months! After about an hour I received the call that they were closing him up and he was just fine! The surgeon came out about 45 min. later and told us the great news! Izaiah's blockage was just from his stoma being sucked in and all of the rest of his problems were just because his body was ready to be put back together! That's it! No more surgery! (hopefully) My beautiful boy is FINALLY on the road to coming home! Zai is doing pretty well after surgery. He was in a tremendous amount of pain so they have to keep upping his medicine and in result he is still on the ventilator. He was given his 8Th blood transfusion today, but everything else looks great! After about 1 week they will try and start feeding him and see how he does. Once he tolerates full feedings and has no problem digesting or throwing up, he can come home! He can COME HOME! AAAHHH!! Let's pray for only about 4 to 6 more weeks! So what can I say, FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS!!!!

Now, I know this is kind of a sad picture, but look how beautiful he is even after surgery! And look, NO BAG! What an amazing baby boy!