Today was another good day for Truitt. His feeding levels were increased, and he was able to come off of the CPAP completely and is just using the cannula with high flow therapy. His head can now move around more […]
When we arrived at the hospital this morning, we found Truitt no longer had a tube in his throat, and Leisel heard him cry for the first time. Never had a baby’s cry sounded so wonderful! Being excubated and moved […]
Truitt had another good day today! Two lengthy snuggle times with mommy, and multiple turning downs of his ventilator! They are hoping to remove the breathing tube from his throat tomorrow and put him on a cannula (nose prongs) tomorrow. […]
The doctor delivered us more good news this morning! Truitt was tolerating the new ventilator and feedings so well, that they turned down his ventilator just a little, and increased his feedings. This is progress! The increased feedings means increased […]
Today, Leisel was able to hold Truitt for the first time since birth.
Today was a really big day for little Truitt. It started off with his doctor waking us up with wonderful news. Truitt had made a lot of progress with his oxygen levels, and had been moved to a new ventilator! This […]
We never thought that a one week birthday would be such a milestone. A week ago today, July 20, 2016, at 10:23am, Justice Truitt was born. He was immediately rushed to NICU, and our prayer at the time was that […]
Truitt has stayed stable today. They have not turned the ventilator down, but it has not had to go up. No bad news is good news! They are waiting until this evening to check his blood gases to see if […]
Today Leisel got to spend most of the day up with Truitt. This does her Mama heart so much good, but is also a lot of time on her feet, while she is still supposed to be in the rest […]
During the 4:00am pumping session this morning, a song we used to sing in church when I was little was looping through my head: “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him, Who brings good news. Good news! […]
Today was another good day. Truitt is still making progress in a lot of areas. So far the pleural fluid that was drained from next to his right lung has not returned. His blood oxygen levels are decent, and they […]
"You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You."
Isaiah 26:3