Miles Update

Nick, Adelyn and I went up to IA City today to spend some time with Tommy and Amber.
Miles is having a good day. He's hooked up to the ECMO machine and tomorrow they are going to do some dialysis to make sure he doesn't get some fluid overload. His kidneys are functioning and he's been voiding fine on his own, but they just don't want to risk him getting too much fluid and his body not being able to take it off. The ECMO is circulating and oxygenating his blood so his lungs aren't having to work...it's basically like he is back in the womb again as far as that whole system goes...
Tommy and Amber took us back to see him. Despite the tubes and wires all over his body, he is so sweet. He has a full head of dark curly hair...and the cutest pouty lips! Tommy and Amber are able to touch him, but not alot and they can't stroke his skin...they don't want to stimulate him...
it was so hard to see a tiny baby connected to so many machines with wires and tubes everywhere...he's sedated and paralyzed so he cannot move and fight the wires...
In the next 5-7 days they are going to maybe wean him off the EMCO and get him on a ventilator...
My heart is full of emotion for them. They are doing well.....they are clining to the Lord for strenght, but they have been so encouraged by everyone's prayers (let's keep it up!)....God can move mountains and they (and we) are so confident that he can heal their sweet boy.
Please pray that God will heal Miles...that his lungs will heal and be able to function on their own..that his circulatory system will work itself out and his body able to function without the help of machines. Pray that Amber and Tommy will continue to find their comfort, strength and peace in the Lord...there is a long road ahead of them and no person could handle this without HIM!