Wednesday's Developments...

Well, today was supposed to be the big day when Aiden was born. As we are all well aware, he had other plans. What an emotional 5 days it's been.

The meeting with the doctor yesterday brought some relief, for awhile. My mom reported my sister and husband were in pretty good spirits, even spending quite some time with the baby last night along with some friends who came up to visit. But as to be expected, my sister's emotions have been overwhelming for her. Still we spent last night hope-filled that things were going to smooth out here. However, this morning other developments have brought new challenges.

My sister was going to be released today but they've decided to keep her. The silver lining is she will still be in the hospital and closer to her baby. The problem is, her doctor is concerned her health complications may be more significant than they thought yesterday. She will be going in for some tests later today. There's a chance she may need to undergo some surgery. We realize everybody is concerned but for the sake of her privacy I am purposely being vague here. Just know that it is not life or death, but still another emotionally charged complication added into the mix.

The baby was considered born at full-term originally but all of his behaviors are consistent with those of a premature baby. I am still not 100% clear on how significant this distinction may or may not be. I believe there are some tests they can do to determine how far along the baby really was when he was born. Perhaps the due date was incorrectly calculated; although that's somewhat water under the bridge now.

What I do know is he is so tiny that he doesn't have enough energy to be eating robustly. There has been a minor setback with this. He will only take in a little milk and then fall asleep. They have had to revert to feeding him through a tube. With all my experience in painting a picture of emotion with words, I am simply at a loss as to how to describe what it's like to see your baby hooked up to tubes and wires.

So for now, there is more waiting, praying and positive thinking in order. I feel like I've been saying it so much I hope the words don't sound hollow, but THANK YOU so much to those of you who continue to provide support in your own ways.