Wednesday

Sorry that there was not an update on Tuesday. We were busy, excited, exhausted, etc.

ISAAC MATHEW IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We brought him home yesterday afternoon. He is adjusting great to home life. In fact when we have to change his ostomy bag, he hardly cries. In the hospital he wouldn't stop crying. The girls are very excited to have him home. They keep wanting to hold him and touch him and kiss him and watch him. Grace will be a great big helper when we need her. She is already helping mommy when she has to change his bag and she likes to make sure he doesn't roll off the couch when we have to leave the room. Yes, he does almost roll over even at 2 1/2 weeks. He is a strong little boy. He tries to scoot all over when we change him.

There will still be many more trips to Tulsa, but this time we will have him with us. The surgeon was very surprised at how well he was doing. He said that he had two other patients with the same condition as Isaac, but they didn't do near as well as Isaac. Lisha told him that we have people in almost every state praying for him. I don't think I can say it enough that we are very blessed to have so many friends, family and strangers that are praying for Isaac. Thank you all for your prayers.

Monday

It's official. Isaac will come home tomorrow. That is from the surgeon's mouth. Finally 2 1/2 weeks later, Isaac gets to come home and we get to hold him whenever we want. The surgeon told us tonight that he was extremely shocked how well Isaac is doing. Lish told him that we had people in almost every state praying for him. We can give testimony to the power of prayer, and you can too. Now that Isaac will be home we will still need your prayer. The journey is not over yet. Once he is home we will have to be careful not to let him get sick, if he does he may need to go into the hospital and be hooked up to an IV. There will also be the added care of his ostomy bag and G-tube, which after a while we will become pros at it. We will have to watch him closer over the next year to make sure he is doing well in all areas. There will be the regular check ups down to Tulsa with the surgeon, whom we are really pleased with. The last couple of days Isaac has been weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 1oz. He continues to eat well and have great vitals.

Again I apologize for the lack of pictures. We just got a new camera as a gift and have not uploaded the software for the pictures yet.

Thanks again for your prayers and please keep praying as he comes home and over the next year. We were reminded yet again, yesterday in church at how great God is.

"The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice, all
the
earth rejoice. He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to
hide. And trembles at His voice, trembles at His voice. How
great is
our God, sing with me, how great is our God, all will see how
great, how great
is our God. Age to age He stands, and time is in His
hand, beginning and
the end, beginning and the end. The Godhead three
in one, Father, Spirit,
Son, the Lion and the Lamb, Lion and the Lamb.
How great is our God, Sing
with me, How great is our God, all will see how
great, how great is our
God. Name above all names, Worthy of all
praise, My heart will sing, How
great is our God."

Our God is great and I hope that you can "sing" with me that our God is great. All will see that our God is great and they can see it in Isaac.

Sunday

Sorry I don't have any pictures today. We got back late Sunday night and so I'm doing this before I go to work Monday morning. I did want to get something on so that I don't get in trouble from all of you who are keeping up with Isaac's progress.

We were told last night that Tuesday will be his homecoming, it's in his chart now. And last night he nursed for the first time since he was half and hour old. He latched on perfectly and ate great. He is still not dumping and he continues to have his feeds increased. His last feed last night before nursing was 90ml.

Thanks again for all your prayers. I pray that God will bless you for your prayers. Know that they have been answered.