Miracles Can Happen

Cohen and Bryce were born on May 17,2009 at 11:30 in the morning. Cohen Matthew came into this world weighing 2.12 lbs. and Bryce Anthony at 1.15 lbs. It wasn't a very intimate experience, the small room was filled with doctors and nurses. As soon as the boys arrived they had three people each working on them. Shortly after they were rushed off to the NICU with Dad following behind. 

The first few days were very touch and go. The boys were both on ventilators unable to breathe on their own. Bryce became very ill and wasn't responding to any of the treatments. The doctor came to my room and asked that Matt and I come down to the NICU. We were losing Bryce and she told us that we should have him baptized right away. We rushed to the NICU and sat with Bryce for hours comforting him with our touch and voices. Our families rushed to the hospital to be there as well. That morning things started to turn around and he started responding to the treatments that had not worked earlier in the night. He had made it... the doctor told us the next day that she truly believed he only made it because we were there with him during that time. After that night it was found that Bryce had bleeding on both sides of his brain. It is a Grade 4 bleed and the long term effects are questionable. That news was very hard to take, we just hoped and prayed that Bryce wasn't in any kind of pain. After making it through that night we saw how strong he was and that he wasn't going anywhere.

Recently the boys have been doing pretty good... They are on oxygen and Mommy's milk (with some added calories). The milk is given through feeding tubes that go straight to their stomachs. They are slowly gaining weight (Cohen- 3.3 lbs; Bryce 2.4 lbs.) and have really started to develop little personalities. They both have big curious eyes and smile ear to ear.  Bryce continues to have weekly head scans and has had a spinal tap to drain the fluid from around his brain. His head circumference has went down and the ventricles in his brain are less dilated at this time.

Thanks for the continued support and prayers.