August 5, 2009
“Thank God for miracles, and thank you for all the prayers and support. Jason and I witnessed a wonderful miracle today as little Jonah was able to stabilize himself. Last night, things looked grim for our little man, as the doctors prepared us for the worst. However, nothing is too large for God and Jonah left the doctors amazed today. He still has a long road ahead of him and still needs all the prayers but he is fighting and so are we. God Bless everyone - we cannot thank you enough for all the prayers! Please continue to pray for Jonah each day!”
On this morning when I walked into Jonah’s room, I was astounded at Jonah’s numbers on the monitor above him. His blood pressure, heart rate and pulse ox were all higher than they had ever been. They were stable. We had agreed on minimum medication-type support for Jonah so I couldn’t comprehend what I was seeing. We had decided to keep him comfortable until he was called home. Dr. Bhutta, Dr. Dyamenahalli and Dr. Garcia surrounded Jonah’s bed. They had no explanation for me. “He’s stabilized himself.” were the only words murmured. There was no medical basis for what we were seeing. He left the doctors scratching their heads. He was still responding to me, holding my finger, moving his legs and he was alive. This day is also my father’s birthday. It wasn’t his best birthday, watching his grandson clinging to life. But my cousin brought a cake in and we celebrated it the best we could. For the next 8 hours, Jonah remained stable, on his own. He still was on a ventilator but everything else was on his own. Dr. Eble came in for his shift that evening, giving all thanks to God for Jonah still being there. Dr. Eble hugged us both with tears in his eyes, just as astonished as we were. At darkness crept in, my family said goodbye and did not stay to keep their vigil over us, for Jonah had stabilized and all was well in our world. We gave hugs at the elevator, proclaiming the miracle we had seen and they were gone.
Jason and I both went back to Jonah’s room to watch over him and be with him. We sat in there for over 2 hours watching as he remained stable, discussing it with Dr. Eble and Jonah’s nurse, Whitney, that evening. We were excited and cheerful as we kissed our little man goodnight and headed out to the waiting room for the night. We chatted and laughed with a few families out there as we prepared our beds. As we sunk into our make shift beds and began our nightly prayers, we had no idea that Jonah was preparing for his trip home.
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