4 Oct - Awesome news on day 50 - He breathes on his own!!!

Mich arrived in NICU this morning to find Sammy breathing unassisted. No more oxygen! Just his own little lungs pumping away. Periodic desats still happen but no frequently than when he was on the oxygen. We are completely blown away by this and it comes weeks ahead of what we were expecting. This is a direct and unequivocal answer to the prayer request that I made in yesterday's email update. Coincidence that such a big leap occurs today? I think not.

To the many faithful and wonderful supporters who prayed yesterday and last night God has heard you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

More great news is that the jujenostomy tube has been removed and replaced with a nasal gastric tube from which the little guy had his first 20ml feed – these now occur every 2 hours.

In this weird place in which we find ourselves I reckon Isaiah best captured how we feel when he wrote many centuries ago:

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”