Heart of Beckett

UPDATE (2/1/13)

-goodnight-

I feel like all my posts have begun this way as of late, but I guess I’m thankful for the monotony. With that being said, Beckett is doing well! 🙂 He really did have another good day! Very very uneventful. As you can see from the picture, we got to hold him again this evening. We were told last night that we weren’t allowed to hold him because his drainage tube in his chest got attached to a ‘water seal’, and for however long that is the case we aren’t allowed to hold him. Weeell, the nurse this evening wasn’t all that fond of that news and decided to ‘look into it’ for us. Long-story-short(er)….reference the attached image. 😉

Ok, one specific thing to keep in mind would be his withdraws. Beckett is slowly literally displaying every sign of withdraws right now from all his pain medicine. This is inevitable, and we were warned of this weeks ago. This may be an emotionally taxing time for us, but more importantly, please pray for Beckett that this goes quickly and smoothly.

With that being said, we are very thankful for another great day and pray for many more to come!! Thank you all for the consistent support!!

— with Leah ‘Whiteley’ Rupp at St.Vincent Women’s Hospital.

UPDATE (1/26/13)

-I’ve got skillz-

This was amazing! Beckett is not only using his pacifier (which is a huge deal!), but this picture shows him ‘holding’ it in place. We are being told that it isn’t necessarily uncommon for children with Beckett’s ‘condition’ to not really figure out how to properly ‘suck’ (beginning with a pacifier…with hopes to eat orally) until they are upwards to a year old. Beckett is just showing off now! 😉

And I know we keep harping on how cute he is, but we heard once again this evening from one of his nurses that its been a long time since they’ve had a baby as cute as Beckett!

It’s safe to say, we are proud parents and happy for yet another uneventful day.

He Smiled!!

No OG Tube (the last ‘drainage tube’ that was going down his throat)!

Look how cute his lil lips are!! oh my