BITTER SWEET!

WOW, WE REALLY ARE PARENTS! FOR SO LONG IT HAS SEEMED AS THOUGH WE WERE JUST VISITING OUR BABIES. IT FELT SO GREAT TO CARRY AIDEN HOME TODAY. WE WERE SO EXCITED FOR HIM, BUT SO SAD AT THE SAME TIME. I THINK TODAY WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST DAYS FOR ME. IT JUST HURT SO BAD TO LEAVE AUSTIN THERE BY HIMSELF. I WANTED SO BAD FOR HIM TO BE WITH US TODAY. I KNOW I HAVE TO BE STRONG FOR HIM AND AIDEN THOUGH. SO PLEASE PRAY GOD WILL GIVE ME THE STRENGTH I NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS.
AUSTIN WILL HAVE HIS LIVER BIOPSY IN THE MORNING . SO PLEASE REMEBER HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS TOO. WE JUST WANT HIM HEALED SO HE CAN COME HOME SOON. THANK YOU ALL!
WE LOVE YOU!
R.J, JENN, AIDEN, AND AUSTIN

ONE DOWN ONE TO GO!

AIDEN IS FINALLY HOME WITH HIS MOMMY AND DADDY AND IS DOING VERY GOOD!!

SAYING GOODBYE TO HIS LITTLE BROTHER.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO MISS HIS LITTLE BROTHER SO MUCH. HE CANNOT WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HOME SO THEY CAN BE TOGTHER ONCE AGAIN!

WE PASSED THE TEST. AIDEN GETS TO GO HOME!!

AIDEN GETTING READY TO SPEND HIS FIRST NIGHT WITH HIS MOMMY AND DADDY

SWEET LITTLE AUSTIN JUST WANTS TO BE BETTER SO HE CAN GO HOME WITH HIS MOMMY AND DADDY TOO!

WE DID NOT GET THE GOOD NEWS WE HOPED FOR TODAY. AUSTIN'S LABS CAME BACK HIGHER THAN LAST WEEKS. SO THEY WILL BE DOING THE LIVER BIOPSY ON WEDNESDAY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT IS NOTHING SERIOUS. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO FIX IT. AUSTIN HAS BEEN SO STRONG FOR US AND IS FIGHTING SO HARD. WE JUST NEED HIS LIVER HEALED. SO PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WILL HEAL THIS SWEET LITTLE BABY. I BELIEVE HE CAN AND HE WILL!

AUSTIN IS BACK IN HIS BIG BOY CRIB! GOD BLESS HIM, HE'S TRYING SO HARD!

SINCE HIS BROTHER LEFT HIM TONIGHT WE LEFT HIS DISNEY BEAR HIS AUNT ASHLEY AND UNCLE JEFF GAVE HIM TO WATCH OVER HIM!!

THE BOYS ARE ONE MONTH OLD TODAY!!

BOY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE A MONTH OLD. IT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST AND HARDEST MONTH OF MY LIFE, BUT WORTH EVERY BIT OF IT. SEEING THE BOYS TODAY COMPARED TO A MONTH AGO IS ABSOLUTLY AMAZING. THEY DO NOT LOOK LIKE THE SAME BABIES. THEY HAVE COME SO FAR AND ARE TRULY GOD'S LITTLE MIRACLES.
TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR BOTH OF THEM. AUSTIN WILL HAVE HIS LIVER LAB WORK DONE. SO WE HOPE AND PRAY IT COMES BACK GOOD AND HIS MEDICINE IS WORKING. WE DO NOT WANT A LIVER BIOPSY, WE WANT GOOD NEWS TODAY!!! I HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE WE WILL!
AIDEN IS GOING TO THE FAMILY ROOM TONIGHT. WHICH MEANS MOMMY AND DADDY GET TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HIM AT THE HOSPITAL. WE TAKE CARE OF HIM AND IF NOTHING HAPPENS HE GETS TO GO HOME!!! WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HIM AND PROUD OF HIM FOR DOING SO GOOD, BUT SAD AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS GOING TO BE SO HARD TO TAKE AIDEN HOME, BUT NOT AUSTIN. WE JUST WISH THE TWO WERE COMING HOME TOGETHER. I KNOW AUSTIN WILL BE HOME SOON!!
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO MEET THEM, BUT WE WANT YOU TO MEET THEM BOTH TOGETHER. WE DON'T WANT AIDEN TO GET ALL THE LOVING FIRST, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO AUSTIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND FOR BEING HERE FOR US THE PAST MONTH. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALL AND YOUR PRAYERS. WE LOVE YOU!!
R.J., JENN, AIDEN, AND AUSTIN

AIDEN SAID, " HE MISSED HIS SLEEPING BUDDY"

AUSTIN HAD TO GO BACK TO HIS ISOLETTE FOR A LITTLE LONGER. HE JUST COULD NOT KEEP HIS BODY TEMPERATURE UP. HE JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE FAT ON HIS BONES.

WHAT AM I GONNA DO? AIDEN THINKS HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ALL THE TIME! HE'S ALREADY SPOILED ROTTEN!!

AUSTIN GETTING READY FOR DADDY TO GIVE HIM HIS BATH!

AUSTIN LOVES IT WHEN HIS DADDY SCRUBS HIS HEAD!

PRECIOUS!! THE BOYS ARE IN ONE CRIB TOGTHER NOW!!

TODAY AUSTIN GOT MOVED UP TO A CRIB!! MOMMY AND DADDY WERE SO EXCITED WHEN WE SAW THE BOYS IN A CRIB TOGETHER. MABEY AIDEN WILL HELP HIS LITTLE BROTHER GET BETTER!!

AIDEN IS NOT TO THRILLED ABOUT HIS FIRST PHOTO SESSION WITH LITTLE BROTHER!

AUSTIN ALL DRESSED UP IN HIS BIG BOY CLOTHES!!

JUST WAITING AND PRAYING!!

THE BOYS ARE DOING GOOD. AUSTIN IS EATING SO GOOD. HE IS TAKING ALL OF HIS MEDICATION BY MOUTH NOW AND GOT IS PICC LINE OUT YESTURDAY. SO HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE MOVING UP TO A CRIB SOON. HE DID HAVE TO GET A BLOOD TRANFUSION YESTURDAY, B/C HIS COUNTS WERE LOW. HIS LIVER LABS CAME BACK THE SAME AS LAST WEEK. WHICH IS NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD. SO WE HOPE AND PRAY ON MONDAY THEY WILL HAVE COME DOWN. IF NOT THEN THEY WILL PROBALY DO THE LIVER BIOPSY AND WE DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. SO PLEASE PRAY THAT HIS MEDICINE WILL START WORKING!!
AIDEN IS ON DAY 4 OF HIS COUNTDOWN. SO IF HE KEEPS DOING GOOD HE WILL BE HOME SOON. WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HIM AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET HIM HOME. WE JUST WISH LITTLE BROTHER WAS COMING TOO!! I KNOW HE WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND HIM THOUGH. MOMMY AND DADDY ARE DOIN OKAY. WE JUST WANT LITTLE AUSTIN BETTER. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND PRAYERS. WE LOVE YOU ALL!
RJ, JENN, AIDEN, AND AUSTIN

MY GI GI AND AIDEN!!

AIDEN PATIENTLY WAITING ON HIS SUPPER!!

DADDY AND AUSTIN

THANK YOU JESUS! WE STILL HAVE HOPE!!

THE GASTRO DOCTOR CAME BY TODAY AND HE THINKS IN HIS HEART THAT IT IS NOT BILIARY ATRESTIA, BUT COULD NOT RULE IT OUT FOR SURE. EVEN THOUGH THE HIDA SCAN LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS TO BACK IT UP. HE STILL BELIEVES IT IS JUST A SLUGGISH LIVER TAKING TIME TO START UP.. SO THEY ARE STILL GIVING HIM THE MEDICINE HE HAS BEEN ON ALONG WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TRY TO GET THE BILE MOVING. THEY WILL DO LABS IN THE MORNING AND ON MONDAY TO SEE IF THE MEDICINE IS WORKING. SO WE HOPE AND PRAY TO GOD THAT IT IS. IF THE LAB WORK DOES NOT COME BACK GOOD, THEN THEY WILL DO A LIVER BIOPSY. SO PLEASE REMEBER AUSTIN IN YOUR PRAYERS. I KNOW GOD IS LISTENING AND ANSWERING THEM. I BELIEVE GOD HAS A PLAN FOR THIS LITTLE ONE AND HE IS GOING TO MAKE HIM BETTER!! WE LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!
R.J., JENN, AIDEN, AND AUSTIN