Thankful Thursday--Our Miracle Baby!

Simeon looks calm here, but believe me, he was not that calm for most of the testing today!

I have to say it was pure torture for a mama to be helpless to her baby's cries.

It was pure torture for the big brother and daddy too!

We took Jedi along with us, because he said he would worry more if he were at home.

Simeon had to lie flat like this for 50 minutes.  

50 minutes?

I made the techs repeat this to me

Yep.

He had to have a catheter on and an IV, you can see the IV in his hand in the picture.

Simeon loves to have his hands up by his face, so this was really hard for him, and he cried a ton.

The techs said he would stop crying after a while and fall asleep, and he did.

(about half way through it)

The 2nd test was only about 15 minutes and a tech held his feet and legs straight,

I held his arms above his head

 and they took several pictures of his bladder doing what it was supposed to do

He screamed through this whole thing.

I kept thinking, "God, I know You think I can handle this, but really, I can't"

"OK, God, give me the strength to do this"

I don't think any parent gets used to watching their baby in any discomfort or pain.

When the Urologist came in, he said with a big smile on his face

"Simeon will not need any surgeries for his kidneys"

I'll repeat the key words there...

will not need any surgeries for his kidneys

It's a miracle.

A true miracle

A big miracle!

He told us that his kidneys are both normal and working fine.

He will need to go to get ultrasounds done every 3 months to check on the kidneys.

Praise God!

All honor and glory to God our Father in Heaven!!

This is such a big relief for us all.

I thank you all for your prayers, Masses and sacrifices you've done for our family, 

for the Poor Clare nuns and their prayers, 

for our deacon and the Sacrament of Baptism,

 (oh, the power of the Sacraments, and the power of prayer!!)

for all our friends and family who have brought us meals and gifts and sacrificed so much for us.

We were told when Simeon was still in my womb, that sometimes this 

does correct itself, which is why they wait a couple weeks after birth to see if that happens.

At 2 weeks, he had his ultrasound, and it was diagnosed as "moderate to severe"

and had not corrected itself,

so these tests were ordered to basically get ready for surgery, to know where the 

obstruction was and prepare to fix it.

Completely healed.

Our miracle baby, is so close to God.

I'll try to post some Baptism pictures soon!

Thankful Thursday indeed!
(Simeon is also back up to his birth weight, 6 lbs 1 oz!)