More on Mason...

sorry i have not updated lately... the days have started to run together, and they have been full of ups and downs. the latest news is this: his heart looked GREAT from the test results a few days ago. PTL for that!! mason has been taken off of the cooling blanket and they have warmed him back up. they want to let his body temp stay normal for a little while before putting him under the therapy lights for the fluid on his lungs. please pray the fluid dries up, the lung x-ray today shows more fluid than yesterday... and he now weighs 8 lbs 11 oz. but that's not really good b/c it is b/c of the fluid. (he weighed 8 lb 6 oz at birth AND was 22 in! he's a big boy!!) they have had to give him 2 blood transfusions b/c his BP has dropped... he was taken off the oxygen one day but had to go back on it later that nite b/c he was having trouble breathing on his own. the IV that was in his poor little head collapsed, so they will put in a pick (sp?) line somewhere else. it kinda seems we will get some good news and feel he is moving forward, only then to be followed by a step back, but i know that is the way it will be for a little while. they say he will probably get worse before he gets better. he is supposed to have an EEG on monday and an MRI on tuesday. please pray for these tests to reveal NO brain damage! rach and d seem to be handling everthing well, all things considered. they are staying in the inn by the NICI for a few days so they don't have to drive back and forth from odenville several times a day to see mason. god is def answering prayers, even though there have been a few setbacks we praise him for the baby steps that are being made each day. there are sooo many ppl praying and we are so humbled by the churches and ppl that we don't even know that are praying for sweet mason. god is also moving in rach and d... i know that he is softening d's heart b/c we already see ways that he has changed thru this all. we don't know the purpose or reason that mason is sick, but if one life is changed thru it, we will praise him. he is already being glorified thru baby mason and his story. please please please continue to lift up mason and his parents, as well as the whole family. the grandparents are exhausted, from working everyday, taking kenley up to hospital at nite (visiting hours for them are 8-9 PM, how awful!), then doing it all over again. pray for strength, rest, and peace for everyone. thank you again for the prayers, we know god has a great plan for mason. romans 8:28 oh yeah, doesn't he look soooo good in the pic? sweet boy! god is so good!