Just a little to early and never too late

So if you didn't already know our first child, Logan, was brought into the world June 2nd at 25 weeks and 3 days. He was 13 inches long and weighed a whopping 1 pound 12 oz. He came via emergency c section and when he was out he took his own first breaths, opened his eyes, and cried out. Just like a normal baby, just tiny tiny tiny.

His first few days were pretty uneventful, as far as a preterm baby goes. A nurse tried to warn us of a "honeymoon stage" but I tried to ignore it. I didn't want to think that my baby, after showing so many signs of being healthy, could get sick.

A few days later they discovered air in his intestines. They happened on it while pitting in a permanent IV line. They had to insert a tiny little tube into his stomach and drain any more air or fluids. This was going very well. His blood work had started to improve.

This morning I got a call around 7am saying that his blood work showed a possible infection so they wanted to do surgery on his intestine thinking that the hole should just be sewn up. When they got there they discovered several holes and he had poop in his cavity. They cleaned him out and sewed up all the holes they could find. They also put in a tiny little colostomy bag to rest his bowels so they can heal.

So far he has handled the surgery well. Last I checked on him the anesthesia was beginning to wear off. He was starting to twitch and move. He was attempting breath movements on his own (his ventilator was doing all the work before). He would open his eyes a bit and his color was good. The dr said he didn't lose much blood at all and his vitals looked okay. We are very hopeful that this problem is now fixed.

We love our Logan very much. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.