7 Years Ago Today...

... my beautiful grandson Noah was born. My daughter Michele was barely 29 weeks into her pregnancy and they had delayed the birth as long as they could. I flew from Fort Lauderdale to Norfolk, Virginia in record time (had 2 hours' notice to buy ticket, get packed and get on the plane!) and made it to the hospital 2 hours before he was born. I'd only had 45 minutes of sleep in 27 hours. But MAN was I happy! He was 3 lbs 1 ounce and considering everything he'd been through he was very healthy!

They put him in the NICU and about 2 hours later Daddy and I were finally able to go see him. Daddy was gracious enough to let me go in first and that meant I was the first one in the family to touch him. How SPECIAL!
The next day he was off the respirator and doing great. Then came the third day. One of the nurses noticed a problem and called the doctor who did an exam and took x-rays. Turned out that Noah had a 3" long obstruction in his large intestine that was the width of a quarter! Remember, he only weighs 3 lbs! They notified us immediately and two hours later they operated on him and removed the obstruction. The nurse saved his life!!! And so did God! You see if Noah hadn't been born when he was that obstruction would have killed him! He either would have died before he was born or right after if he had stayed the full 9 months. God is SOOOOOOOOO faithful!!!!! And I believe it was the prayers and thoughts of many, many, many friends around the world.
I belonged to a large Yahoo group of scrapbook teachers and another scrappy forum and two weeks before when Michele started having trouble, I'd posted and asked for prayers. We also got our friends and our church praying. After Noah was born and I finally was able to check my emails, I was shocked at how many people had responded!!! And every one of them wanted updates! People as close as the next town over and as far away as Japan, Malaysia and Australia! Man did my little guy need those prayers!
He got pneumonia a few days after the surgery and was very sick for a long time. But the doctors never really told us how sick he really was until after he started healing. Noah needed that positive energy!!! But finally on May 27th just days before his actual due date Noah got to come home! What a happy day that was! He had a tough time for awhile. And they told us he'd probably have some problems from being on the respirator so long.
But in September of that year, just 6 short months after he was born, the drs declared him totally and utterly normal in every respect! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!! The only way you'd know this little guy had any problems was to see the scar on his belly. We tell him that's his proof that God loves him and of his miraculous power. :) This is my grandson just a few days ago looking all manly and dapper. My how the time has flown!

So, today I wanna wish my Bubster a VERY happy birthday! I miss you SO much and wish I could be there with you today! Give your mommy a great big hug and your little brother Garrett one too and tell them I love them too. :) I hope you enjoy the presents we sent! May God continue to richly bless you and keep you safe! GIGI LOVES YOU NOAH! And Jesus loves you too!