Asher's Progress

When Ryan and I went to the hospital this morning we found that our little Asher has improved some. They have clamped his left chest tube and if his lung does fine without it they will remove the tube tonight or tomorrow. The right lung still has some air in it and they will not be able to clamp the right chest tube until the air is gone. This morning they also removed the Anderson tube that went down his throat removing fluid from his stomach because he doesn't need it anymore. They had to put him under the bilirubin(sp?) light and his nurse told me he had told him "he wanted to wear some cool purple sunglasses". I am so pleased to see him making progress.

Asher Roy James

Asher was born on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. He was 6 pnds. 7 oz. and 19 inches. We are all so excited to have him in our family.





Check out his dark hair!! My other kids have had NO hair.



My sister immediately brought Gabriel, Sterling and Alicia to the hospital and they were able to see Asher and hold him before we knew he was sick. I am so grateful they had the chance because they cannot see him until he is better.




ASHER IN THE NICU

When Asher was 1 1/2 hours old they took him from me because they were worried about his breathing. They found that he had a hole in both lungs and was placed in NICU on a ventilator and many other things. He is not getting worse and has made a little progress. I know I need to be patient and he will get better and I can bring him home.

Alicia's 2nd Birthday

Alicia had a great second birthday yesterday. When I ask her how old she is she says "two" and attempts to hold up one finger on each hand. She had a lot of fun eating donuts and icecream, opening presents and playing with her cousins.

Christmas through the eyes of children!

We had a wonderful low-key Christmas this year. The kids had a lot of fun with their toys and we all loved the time we spent together as a family. We are very grateful for our nice warm home with family close by. We loved watching Gabe, Sterling and Alicia enjoying the day.

Ho Ho Ho!!! Gabe and Sterling thought it was cool seeing Santa but Alicia was scared!

Gabriel, Sterling and Alicia looking cute in our Christmas pictures