Welcome Wyatt

Wyatt was born Sept. 15th at 2:04 pm. He was 34 weeks and after 10 weeks of living in a very shallow pool, it was time for him to make his way into the world.
He arrived as we expected, weak and needing lots of help. But soon showed us the "war strength" (the meaning of his name) that was in him. And that all the prayer for the last 10 weeks was powerful indeed.
He was intubated as soon as he got to the NICU. His lungs were premature and not working as well as the doctors would have liked. The doctor thought he would be on the respirator for at least a few days. After a dose of surflactant (lung medicine) and a short 14 hours, the tube was out. He was breathing on his own with a shield that increased the oxygen level to give a bit of a boost. He continued to have the shield for the rest of the day on Friday but by the end of the day didn't even need that anymore.
He was being fed through and iv with glucose water and under a heating element to keep him warm. But the fact that he was breathing so well day 1 was a miracle.
We got to hold him for the first time at 7pm Friday. It was wonderful!!!! Finally cried. Such joy in being a mom and loving the children that I have been given. It was so sweet to finally just be with him and not have to watch others take care of him. Have loved every minute of holding him since. Mitch took tons of pictures and I'll put some up in the next day or so.
Saturday was another day of greatness for little Wyatt. We came to see him first thing in the morning and he was in a normal crib. He was a good weight so they thought they'd see if he could maintain his body temp. Mitch got to change his diaper and put on his very first outfit. Then we wrapped him up and held him for a while. They had also said that it would probably be a few days till he could start a feeding tube with formula and/or breast milk, but they were starting that at 2pm. He is such a strong boy! I got to hold him for the full 30 minutes it took for him to get the 10 mls of formula and then held him awhile longer so reflux wouldn't be an issue. He did so great that they started adding 2 mls per feeding all day long!
Kennedi and William came to meet him. They were so excited and got to wear little gowns to keep the germs off. They liked dressing up and getting to meet Wyatt. Kennedi was sad that she couldn't hold him or touch him yet but kept saying that she loved him and he was so cute and he looked like her. William was not so enthusiastic but he's 2 so go figure. He had a good attitude and smiled for all the pictures so that is really good.
By the end of the day Wyatt has already been taken off respiratory treatments and his breathing well on his own, is maintaining his body heat, digesting the food well enough for them to continue to increase it, and had his first bm!
We are such proud parents and are so thankful to God for taking such great care of him! We are blessed to be chosen to care for him and blessed to see every day how powerful God is to heal and protect this little one.
Thanks again for your prayers...more Wyatt fun to come!