Tests To Come

OK, well, today's update is more of a prayer request. I know everyone out there has been praying like crazy for us since Katy went in the hospital two weeks ago. Several churches, as well as all family members, have been involved and it's just a great blessing to know God has so many children He wants to use for His will to be seen. :)

Now we've got a more specialized prayer request to share with everyone. A little bit ago, the nurse practitioner came in to let us know they wanted to run a few tests on Zac. In reviewing, for two days, the results of the scan they took of his head, they decided they were seeing something with some blood vessels they weren't fully familiar with and had not seen before. Now, I choose to believe this just means he's a genius and they've not run across it previously here.

They have some different ideas but no way to be sure without testing. Apparently, all their reading tells them everything could be perfectly normal...or it's possible testing might show some type of metabolic anomaly. This could mean he'd need to be on a specific diet once he starts eating big boy food, for instance, so his metabolism would run at the proper rate. The other possibility is that it's due to the magnesium Katy had to be on while in the hospital before he was born. That was to make sure she didn't have any issues with seizures while her blood pressure was so high.

Tomorrow it looks like they'll do an MRI on his head, an EKG on his heart, and draw blood to do lab work for chromosomal and metabolism. The metabolism labs can't be read here, so they'll send the blood off to Johns Hopkins and then they will FAX the results back, probably by Monday of next week. The nurse practitioner stressed to us that likely everything is absolutely fine, but if something wasn't quite right, they couldn't live with themselves if they didn't do the testing to make sure he's OK.

So that's our request. Will you join us in praying for this, please? Zac is a little miracle, for many reasons. He wasn't even supposed to be able to be conceived, and then when Katy had some health issues, he had to come out 9 weeks earlier than planned (which was a week earlier than the doctors thought he was at). He has been able to breath on his own faster than expected, is eating well and keeping his temperature on his own well, and may even be within just a few days of getting out of his isolette and into a crib. As his Puddin' (Katy's Dad) said, God has big plans for Zac. We agree.

Last notes...no pic today because they pulled his i.v. out and put it back into his head. That just kind of gives us the willies, so I'm not taking a picture of that today. :) Also, Nebraska Furniture Mart delivered his furniture today, which initially wasn't supposed to be here until the end of February. Maybe this is a sign that he'll be out of here before the end of the month! :) But, they let us order a crib without ordering a mattress. Can you believe that? You spend all this money on a high-end crib and it doesn't come with a mattress? It's just crazy, I tell you. So we're off to Wal-Mart or someplace within the next few days to find a mattress.