Jax update

Just a quick note to let everyone know that blessings and miracles constantly exist all around us! I mentioned before about Jax's single cord and the 4 complications that can happen because of that: low birth weight, spinal issues, kidney issues and heart issues.

Well, his weight is increasing all the time. We went to the doctor last week and he was up to 4 lbs. 2 oz now! The spinal x-ray in the NICU was negative for any concern. His murmur is still there but his pediatrician said last week that it already sounded like it was going away :) and lastly, I mentioned a few weeks ago how he had to do a renal usound and urinalysis to rule out any kidney issues particularly - reflux. His urinalysis looked fine and so did the usound but his pediatrician, Dr. C wanted to make sure of any other complications so last week, he ordered a VCUG or Voiding Cysto-ure-thro-gram. What that is is a test where he had to have a catheter and then they shot dye up to see whether or not there was any reflux into his kidneys. Urine shouldn't go back up into the kidneys after it is released obviously so he wanted to check for that and guess what? No reflux! Yeah! That means that he won't have to struggle with UTI's all his life. The radiologist said that it should just go away over time and he didn't see anything to be alarmed about.

I seriously can't thank our Heavenly Father enough and all the thoughts from all of you for helping Jaxon with these things. He is such an amazing little boy already and I'm so thankful that he won't have to struggle with these things during his life. What a miracle! Never doubt that they constantly exist all around us everyday - my children are living proof of that :)