He's on his way. We're just so encouraged. Wow. We feel like he has jumped over a major hurdle. |
I was holding Nicholas on my lap at the hospital when the call came. It was almost surreal. |
It felt like I was being punched in the stomach. We were so excited to have the heart. We all could not talk about that [organ rejection] as a possibility, and it was very scary. |
It was devastating to me. We just kept hearing so much negative information. |
It was terrifying to receive the news that they had done so poorly in that first 24 hours. |
The day they were born, they immediately started having complications and quickly went downhill. |
The great, great thing is no tubes or wires. He's unattached. |
There's an intimate connection we feel. We're so grateful and in such awe. In their time of difficulty, they gave us a chance. I want them to know that. |
We know that the doctors and the staff that have taken care of them really care about them. It's not just a job for them, and that has made all the difference to us. |
We were feeling great. These operations are usually a sure thing And we get this fluke. |