Jacob Matthew Warnick came into the world on Wednesday July 30th at 6:07pm. He was 7lbs and 20 inches long. He came out crying and it was a beautiful sound! We had little expectations about how long we would have with him. We were excited, overjoyed, thankful, and a little scared about the next several hours. They put him on my chest and it was incredible to hold him and feel him! The doctors quickly took him away to check him out because he came out so vigorious and healthy looking that they wanted to look at him right away. Jacob went to the nursery and kevin followed as the team of cardiologist were there waiting to look at his heart. As soon as I was cleaned up I was able to go to the nursery and we held him while the cardiologist discussed the findings about his heart defects. The cardiologist finally came to talk with us and told us they believe everything looked as they thought and we should continue with our plan of action, to love on him and snuggle with him until The Lord brings him home. We brought him back to our room and that is exactly what we did. We held him and cuddled with him! Each person in our family and our best friends were able to hold him as well. He looked perfect! No wires or machines needed to keep him comfortable. He was doing really well just being a little newborn baby. He was eating and breathing great! Every single moment was an incredible gift! We never put him down! It was hard to sleep, we just stayed up with Jacob in our arms, singing him songs and thanking The Lord for each second. Each day and night we were in the hospital we were so overjoyed by all the time we were getting to spend with him. We were able to take several pictures, give him a bath, and make little sculptures of his little hands and feet. The doctors would come periodically and check him out and tell us how well he was doing, it was a gift. After a couple days the doctors said we were able to take Jacob home with us!! We were thankful, excited, nervous, and very unprepared. The doctors had not given us hope that we would be able to take him home so we didn't bring a car seat, clothes, nor did we have anything ready at home. Our family brought the car seat and our son Connor (who loved his little brother and was excited to "give him kisses and rub his head") we packed up the car and the four of us drove home. We prayed, cried, and thanked The Lord for this gift. Currently we are at home and we are continuing to hold and love him. He is still doing great. We go to the cardiologist Monday afternoon and they will look to see if anything has changed. We do not know what to expect, we feel like his defect was so abnormal that no one really knew how he would do. We are not thinking about the future but we are just living each moment with Jacob and soaking in the sweetness and doing our best to remember each little feature, noise, wrinkle, smell, and the incredible softness of his skin. Although I am incredibly thankful for each moment we have, it does make it that much harder knowing that he will go be with The Lord. I often get sad to think about him not being here with us, but I can not dwell in that. We rejoice in the moments we have right now because I never thought I would get this time. Jacob belongs to The Lord and we trust in Him, we trust that He is in control, that He loves Jacob and us. Thank you for everyone's kind words! We are thankful for everyone who has called/texted/left Facebook and Instagram comments, we see them all and are thankful for everyone's prayers and encouragement.
Revelation 21:1-5
21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
The end has not been written! Pray for baby Jacob!
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