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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Wildcat1 on August 19, 2012, 10:24:26 AM
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It was deeply sobering to hear about your baby boy. I have faith he will pull through, and grow up to become someone great.
My brother had a 3-week fight for his life at birth, but by the grace of God he came through, and was perfectly fine. He's touched so many others in his life. Hang in there shida, I'm sure your boy can draw strength from you :)
What Widewing said in the other thread holds true to me:
One of my favorite Christian Scriptures.... "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The word "substance" when translated from the original Greek ( πόστασις, pronounced hupostasis), literally means "confidence" or more closely, "assuredness". Thus, we could write: Faith is the assuredness of what we hope for, and the evidence of the unseen working of God.
Also if there's anything you need, let me know. I'm kinda into modeling myself, and would love to contribute to the mobile, free of charge.
My positive thoughts and prayers are with you, sir :salute :angel:
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Just a brief update on Tiny Shida for those who are interested. He is very premature, not even a real baby yet, more of a pre-baby, so all of his little systems need time to start working. His first two weeks went great, way better than expected.
Then on Thursday afternoon he just wasn't right, less responsive, withdrawn. Then the breathing dips start, he forgets to breathe, regularly, needs to be stimulated several times. The Doctors and Nurses conclude the one thing premature baby parents dread to hear: infection.
Infections are the beast for these tiny people and have been known to kill them within four hours, so says our Doctor. They take all his fluids and send them to grow cultures to see what it is and then start him on a broad-spectrum antibiotic. An X-Ray reveales an abnormality in his intestines and they diagnose a necrotising infection. It hasn't perforated the intestinal wall but it could, can also do a lot of damage regardless, permnent damage.
The Doctor tells us to prepare for the worst and gives us an explanation of cascading disasterous possibilities. Mrs Shida & I would have to wait until Monday to see if he is getting better or worse, and we prepare for a weekend of hell.
It's a race, the infection can be stopped, but the blood cultures take 36 hours, the spinal fluid cultures 48, then the antibiotics can take 24-hours to kill the infection on top of that. We don't know how much damage it will do before they stop it. On Friday evening I send Mrs. Shida out of the room while I hold him to help the Doctor put in a new line. When he's done I speak to the little man, I tell him to fight, fight if he wants to live. I resign myself to the outcome, it's an aggressive infection and he's so small and only has a prototype immune system.
The Doctors gamble and make an educated guess on the specific infection and also start him on a custom antibiotic. Saturday no change, I see his tummy, it is swollen and smooth like a balloon and marbled, purple, looks horrible, painful for him when touched, he's on morphine for the discomfort, has intravenous lines in every limb, can't wriggle, very frustrating for him. Further no change, high blood pressure is frightening.
Sunday morning he looks better, stomach sweilling reduces, colour normal again the horrible marbling has gone. We become hopeful.
Today, his whole belly is soft again, blood pressure reduced, he has tantrums when the nurses take too long to change his nappy. Looks like he's on top of the infection. We have to see now over the next few weeks when they restart his feeding if there is any lasting damage.
The Doctor is very surprised he is improving. Strong little man he says. Excellent Doctors and nursing staff says I, I think their gamble saved him. I'm amazed by his strength and his tolerance, he only cries when they touch his little Ali-G hat.
He's on the mend I think, it was a horrid time for us all. We thank you deeply for all your concern and well wishes.
Wildcat I have two 1:48th scale aeroplane kits in storage, I was saving them and was going to super-detail them etc. but I've decided to just assemble them and paint them and make a mobile for over his bed when he gets out. A little boy should see aeroplanes. If you want to send over an old model I will gratefully add it to the mobile, anything you want, your favourite would be very meaningfull to us, even if it is a Blue Plane. I've got a Ki-84 and a MiG-21 I really should get him a Spitfire Mark I too. I have a few months yet, he'll be in incubators until October and can't see more than a few inches yet.
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Just a brief update on Tiny Shida for those who are interested. He is very premature, not even a real baby yet, more of a pre-baby, so all of his little systems need time to start working. His first two weeks went great, way better than expected.
Then on Thursday afternoon he just wasn't right, less responsive, withdrawn. Then the breathing dips start, he forgets to breathe, regularly, needs to be stimulated several times. The Doctors and Nurses conclude the one thing premature baby parents dread to hear: infection.
Infections are the beast for these tiny people and have been known to kill them within four hours, so says our Doctor. They take all his fluids and send them to grow cultures to see what it is and then start him on a broad-spectrum antibiotic. An X-Ray reveales an abnormality in his intestines and they diagnose a necrotising infection. It hasn't perforated the intestinal wall but it could, can also do a lot of damage regardless, permnent damage.
The Doctor tells us to prepare for the worst and gives us an explanation of cascading disasterous possibilities. Mrs Shida & I would have to wait until Monday to see if he is getting better or worse, and we prepare for a weekend of hell.
It's a race, the infection can be stopped, but the blood cultures take 36 hours, the spinal fluid cultures 48, then the antibiotics can take 24-hours to kill the infection on top of that. We don't know how much damage it will do before they stop it. On Friday evening I send Mrs. Shida out of the room while I hold him to help the Doctor put in a new line. When he's done I speak to the little man, I tell him to fight, fight if he wants to live. I resign myself to the outcome, it's an aggressive infection and he's so small and only has a prototype immune system.
The Doctors gamble and make an educated guess on the specific infection and also start him on a custom antibiotic. Saturday no change, I see his tummy, it is swollen and smooth like a balloon and marbled, purple, looks horrible, painful for him when touched, he's on morphine for the discomfort, has intravenous lines in every limb, can't wriggle, very frustrating for him. Further no change, high blood pressure is frightening.
Sunday morning he looks better, stomach sweilling reduces, colour normal again the horrible marbling has gone. We become hopeful.
Today, his whole belly is soft again, blood pressure reduced, he has tantrums when the nurses take too long to change his nappy. Looks like he's on top of the infection. We have to see now over the next few weeks when they restart his feeding if there is any lasting damage.
The Doctor is very surprised he is improving. Strong little man he says. Excellent Doctors and nursing staff says I, I think their gamble saved him. I'm amazed by his strength and his tolerance, he only cries when they touch his little Ali-G hat.
He's on the mend I think, it was a horrid time for us all. We thank you deeply for all your concern and well wishes.
Wildcat I have two 1:48th scale aeroplane kits in storage, I was saving them and was going to super-detail them etc. but I've decided to just assemble them and paint them and make a mobile for over his bed when he gets out. A little boy should see aeroplanes. If you want to send over an old model I will gratefully add it to the mobile, anything you want, your favourite would be very meaningfull to us, even if it is a Blue Plane. I've got a Ki-84 and a MiG-21 I really should get him a Spitfire Mark I too. I have a few months yet, he'll be in incubators until October and can't see more than a few inches yet.
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:cry hope the little guy will be fine
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Just a brief update on Tiny Shida for those who are interested. He is very premature, not even a real baby yet, more of a pre-baby, so all of his little systems need time to start working. His first two weeks went great, way better than expected.
Then on Thursday afternoon he just wasn't right, less responsive, withdrawn. Then the breathing dips start, he forgets to breathe, regularly, needs to be stimulated several times. The Doctors and Nurses conclude the one thing premature baby parents dread to hear: infection.
Infections are the beast for these tiny people and have been known to kill them within four hours, so says our Doctor. They take all his fluids and send them to grow cultures to see what it is and then start him on a broad-spectrum antibiotic. An X-Ray reveales an abnormality in his intestines and they diagnose a necrotising infection. It hasn't perforated the intestinal wall but it could, can also do a lot of damage regardless, permnent damage.
The Doctor tells us to prepare for the worst and gives us an explanation of cascading disasterous possibilities. Mrs Shida & I would have to wait until Monday to see if he is getting better or worse, and we prepare for a weekend of hell.
It's a race, the infection can be stopped, but the blood cultures take 36 hours, the spinal fluid cultures 48, then the antibiotics can take 24-hours to kill the infection on top of that. We don't know how much damage it will do before they stop it. On Friday evening I send Mrs. Shida out of the room while I hold him to help the Doctor put in a new line. When he's done I speak to the little man, I tell him to fight, fight if he wants to live. I resign myself to the outcome, it's an aggressive infection and he's so small and only has a prototype immune system.
The Doctors gamble and make an educated guess on the specific infection and also start him on a custom antibiotic. Saturday no change, I see his tummy, it is swollen and smooth like a balloon and marbled, purple, looks horrible, painful for him when touched, he's on morphine for the discomfort, has intravenous lines in every limb, can't wriggle, very frustrating for him. Further no change, high blood pressure is frightening.
Sunday morning he looks better, stomach sweilling reduces, colour normal again the horrible marbling has gone. We become hopeful.
Today, his whole belly is soft again, blood pressure reduced, he has tantrums when the nurses take too long to change his nappy. Looks like he's on top of the infection. We have to see now over the next few weeks when they restart his feeding if there is any lasting damage.
The Doctor is very surprised he is improving. Strong little man he says. Excellent Doctors and nursing staff says I, I think their gamble saved him. I'm amazed by his strength and his tolerance, he only cries when they touch his little Ali-G hat.
He's on the mend I think, it was a horrid time for us all. We thank you deeply for all your concern and well wishes.
Wildcat I have two 1:48th scale aeroplane kits in storage, I was saving them and was going to super-detail them etc. but I've decided to just assemble them and paint them and make a mobile for over his bed when he gets out. A little boy should see aeroplanes. If you want to send over an old model I will gratefully add it to the mobile, anything you want, your favourite would be very meaningfull to us, even if it is a Blue Plane. I've got a Ki-84 and a MiG-21 I really should get him a Spitfire Mark I too. I have a few months yet, he'll be in incubators until October and can't see more than a few inches yet.
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I hope the best for you, your family, and tiny shida. :salute
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Hey shida....I'll put you and your family on our prayer request list for our next company meeting. When I read the part shida jr was getting an infection literally said NOOOOOO! then sighed with relief when read he is getting stronger.
Maybe you can make one of those throttle and joysticks (somewhere in the BBS you showed it off) for shida jr when he gets older to work on that hand eye coordination.
It would be an honor to have "Shida Jr shot you down" show up on the text buffer.
My prayers to you and your family :pray
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dude, you're gunna make me cry, I'm thinking about you and your family man.
Now if the big man upstairs could just give your boy a little more help, he's almost there.
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Friend, I wish you all three the mightiest strength.
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Shida, will be praying for you and the family every day bud :pray :pray
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Just a brief update on Tiny Shida for those who are interested. He is very premature, not even a real baby yet, more of a pre-baby, so all of his little systems need time to start working. His first two weeks went great, way better than expected.
Then on Thursday afternoon he just wasn't right, less responsive, withdrawn. Then the breathing dips start, he forgets to breathe, regularly, needs to be stimulated several times. The Doctors and Nurses conclude the one thing premature baby parents dread to hear: infection.
Infections are the beast for these tiny people and have been known to kill them within four hours, so says our Doctor. They take all his fluids and send them to grow cultures to see what it is and then start him on a broad-spectrum antibiotic. An X-Ray reveales an abnormality in his intestines and they diagnose a necrotising infection. It hasn't perforated the intestinal wall but it could, can also do a lot of damage regardless, permnent damage.
The Doctor tells us to prepare for the worst and gives us an explanation of cascading disasterous possibilities. Mrs Shida & I would have to wait until Monday to see if he is getting better or worse, and we prepare for a weekend of hell.
It's a race, the infection can be stopped, but the blood cultures take 36 hours, the spinal fluid cultures 48, then the antibiotics can take 24-hours to kill the infection on top of that. We don't know how much damage it will do before they stop it. On Friday evening I send Mrs. Shida out of the room while I hold him to help the Doctor put in a new line. When he's done I speak to the little man, I tell him to fight, fight if he wants to live. I resign myself to the outcome, it's an aggressive infection and he's so small and only has a prototype immune system.
The Doctors gamble and make an educated guess on the specific infection and also start him on a custom antibiotic. Saturday no change, I see his tummy, it is swollen and smooth like a balloon and marbled, purple, looks horrible, painful for him when touched, he's on morphine for the discomfort, has intravenous lines in every limb, can't wriggle, very frustrating for him. Further no change, high blood pressure is frightening.
Sunday morning he looks better, stomach sweilling reduces, colour normal again the horrible marbling has gone. We become hopeful.
Today, his whole belly is soft again, blood pressure reduced, he has tantrums when the nurses take too long to change his nappy. Looks like he's on top of the infection. We have to see now over the next few weeks when they restart his feeding if there is any lasting damage.
The Doctor is very surprised he is improving. Strong little man he says. Excellent Doctors and nursing staff says I, I think their gamble saved him. I'm amazed by his strength and his tolerance, he only cries when they touch his little Ali-G hat.
He's on the mend I think, it was a horrid time for us all. We thank you deeply for all your concern and well wishes.
Wildcat I have two 1:48th scale aeroplane kits in storage, I was saving them and was going to super-detail them etc. but I've decided to just assemble them and paint them and make a mobile for over his bed when he gets out. A little boy should see aeroplanes. If you want to send over an old model I will gratefully add it to the mobile, anything you want, your favourite would be very meaningfull to us, even if it is a Blue Plane. I've got a Ki-84 and a MiG-21 I really should get him a Spitfire Mark I too. I have a few months yet, he'll be in incubators until October and can't see more than a few inches yet.
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And here i was, feeling sorry for my self, cause my daughter moved 400km away to study at the University ....... Thank you Shida for this very powerfull "reality check".
I'm not a beliver but i can assure you, the last 20 minutes i have been sending lot's of positive thoughts your way and will keep sending them.
I Do hope/wish all the best for Tiny Shida, i send you and Mrs.Shida a virtual hug.
IENA
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My family is sending their prayers Shida......I hope you are over the worst.......
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Shida, you and your family are in my familys thoughts and prayers.
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check pm's, shida :salute
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http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,338174.0.html
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Medical update: Tiny Shida looks to have shaken of his horrid infection and is looking a lot better. He spent most of the afternoon looking around and trying out his new eyes and also yawning quite a bit. Certainly did not look like a tiny chap who had an encounter with the beast.
We don't know if there is any permanent damage yet, the Doctors have started him on 1 ml of Mother's milk every four hours, just a trickle to test. Blood pressure still a tad high but that's to be expected because of the stress, extra hydration and the morphine. When the nurse took the catheter out of his tinkey winkey, he reached out and jaffed her, lolz.
Tough little chap, the Doctors are surprised at the speed with which he has improved.
Thank you all so much for your support, we are living away from home and EVERYTHING is weird at the moment. This forum has been my lifeline on some very dark nights. Thank you :salute
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We all know we are freaks in AH :old:
But we are all thinking about you and your family :old:
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Good to hear nrshida. He'll be chasing them nurses before you know it. :aok
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Newborns have remarkable healing abilities (with a bit of help from doctors). You can read many stories of very difficult premature births and the little person growing up as a strong, healthy, productive adult with no signs of what they had to go through at the beginning. I had friends at school that went through much difficulty as premature births as you may have similar friends as well.
My wife and kids read your story and your family and tiny Shida are in our thoughts, hopes, and prayers. :pray
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Glad to hear the little guy is doing better. :aok
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Awesoem news shida! Im sure we'll all be getting shot down by mini shida in no time :aok :aok :aok
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Medical update: Tiny Shida looks to have shaken of his horrid infection and is looking a lot better. He spent most of the afternoon looking around and trying out his new eyes and also yawning quite a bit. Certainly did not look like a tiny chap who had an encounter with the beast.
We don't know if there is any permanent damage yet, the Doctors have started him on 1 ml of Mother's milk every four hours, just a trickle to test. Blood pressure still a tad high but that's to be expected because of the stress, extra hydration and the morphine. When the nurse took the catheter out of his tinkey winkey, he reached out and jaffed her, lolz.
Tough little chap, the Doctors are surprised at the speed with which he has improved.
Thank you all so much for your support, we are living away from home and EVERYTHING is weird at the moment. This forum has been my lifeline on some very dark nights. Thank you :salute
Thanks for the updates shida :rock :pray
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Good to hear Shida...he is strong for a little one.... :old:
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:pray for u bud, be strong man
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Last update was 9 days ago- how is the little dude doing?
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He is coming in to this world as all great ones do.
Full of fight and making some noise.
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Presently Tiny Shida is stable, his feeding has gone up considerably and his oxygen down. He's been a bit tired the last two days. I have been unable to see him today yet because one of the other babies in the NICU passed away and the staff asked all of us other parents to stay away while they took care of the family.
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Nshida, we know tiny Shida will get better, healthier and strong... Start the countdown clock on how soon the lil one starts shooting us down? :)
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Had the weirdest conversation with a nurse who knows nothing of Aces High or my interest in aviation. She said suddenly: "I've been thinking, with some infants I just have a feeling and with this one he is going to be a pilot". I was shocked and she further said: "Yes, because he is very very calm but when he wants to get something done he moves very quickly and strongly. Yes a pilot".
I am rather sad thought today, you root for all the infants in that department, such tiny creatures, some in discomfort and heaps of trouble. When one dies, we all feel the crush in the heart.
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Had the weirdest conversation with a nurse who knows nothing of Aces High or my interest in aviation. She said suddenly: "I've been thinking, with some infants I just have a feeling and with this one he is going to be a pilot". I was shocked and she further said: "Yes, because he is very very calm but when he wants to get something done he moves very quickly and strongly. Yes a pilot".
I am rather sad thought today, you root for all the infants in that department, such tiny creatures, some in discomfort and heaps of trouble. When one dies, we all feel the crush in the heart.
Well if that ain't tellin', I dunno what is. He's gonna get out of that hospital already an ace, with a grip of nasty bugs under his belt, and stronger because of it.
Still pullin for you and yours, man. Thanks for the update. :salute: little Shida - keep up the good fight!
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nrshida, after the week I have had; reading your updates helps to put things back into perspective. Thanks.
It's good to hear about tiny shida's continued improvement and untill VS (victory shida) day when all the shida crew are home safe, we keep you and yours in our prayers. :salute
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Thank you all for your continued support & interest. We just got back from spending the evening at the NICU. They lost two infants today, not one. That's why they asked us to stay away. There is one room, the bad room, the room you never want to go to where they take the small ones that aren't going to live, and because it was already occupied they made an area of the main room into a second bad room. The second infant was in the bay yesterday next to my son. He and his twin sister were the same size as our son. You're not supposed to look because of privacy but I was rooting for him also. The parents also live in the Ronald MacDonald House, we've spoken. He had a brain bleed and now he's gone. The mother is silently bereft. All the nurses had cried too.
Our wing is very quite now, eerie. Only three babies & one of them full term, and our tiny little son. He sleeps and eats, each mundane day is a victory which brings him closer to a transfer to a lower intensity care unit. Tonight he lay in my arms for an hour outside of the incubator. My heart soared like a Hawk, but it is hard to be joyful on such a day.
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Geez, i could not imagine what those other parents are going through, i cannot put it into words :frown:, i only hope the best for them in the future
-On a positive note, thanks for the update shida, i am so happy that things are looking good for your family, the little guy will be fine, and him being in the arms of his father will make it just that much better :angel:
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NICU is definitely a very heart wrenching place to be. My son was there for 3 weeks when he was born, and I truly have not felt such pain and heartbreak as when seeing the other little ones in there. This was back in 02, and I still remember their little faces.
Shida, good luck to you and yours, I will keep you all in my prayers. It's good to know that he is eating and his breathing is getting better.
Again, good luck,and stay strong for the little one.
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Thank you all for your continued support & interest. We just got back from spending the evening at the NICU. They lost two infants today, not one. That's why they asked us to stay away. There is one room, the bad room, the room you never want to go to where they take the small ones that aren't going to live, and because it was already occupied they made an area of the main room into a second bad room. The second infant was in the bay yesterday next to my son. He and his twin sister were the same size as our son. You're not supposed to look because of privacy but I was rooting for him also. The parents also live in the Ronald MacDonald House, we've spoken. He had a brain bleed and now he's gone. The mother is silently bereft. All the nurses had cried too.
Our wing is very quite now, eerie. Only three babies & one of them full term, and our tiny little son. He sleeps and eats, each mundane day is a victory which brings him closer to a transfer to a lower intensity care unit. Tonight he lay in my arms for an hour outside of the incubator. My heart soared like a Hawk, but it is hard to be joyful on such a day.
good and bad news.....
when I was younger about 11 or so, my step mom had a sister that had 2 kids, well the sister liked to party and stay up all night, the kids would wake up in the morning and get into everything.... pour out the milk.... dump out all the food....you know trash the kitchen....they were 3 and 2 years old....instead of changing her way, she would lock the fridge, bungee down the cupboards.......well one morning the boy Dennis found some matches.....he was playing with them and lit something in the house of fire......the mom and her boyfriend woke up to a burning house, both of them lived...... when the fireman put out the fire, they found Dennis under the bed dead from smoke inhalation, his sister they found dead in the closet, same thing.... the smoke killed her.......this was shortly after my 14 year old brother had died....it was a tragedy that lives with me to this day.....death of small children is the worst.......the only way I have been able to get by with my brother dieing is believing he was just too good for this world, so GOD had to take him out of it....same with my little cousins.
I wish the best for you and your little guy :salute
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Im not a religous man by any stretch but i cant help but want to pray to some mystical force if it meant you and mrs shida can be past this phase of worry and move to the "oh crap where did he crawl to now phase".
Ive only run into your once or twice in game but i find myself checking everyday on this. I wish u all the luck and offer all the hope i have. I expect to see pics of him behind the stick with blocks reaching the pedals in no time!
Best regards
Zak
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I'm sorry if I don't reply or in a timely fashion. I'm very sorry for your loss Ink. If you ever find yourself in need of extra Brothers, you let me know.
Thank you all for your comments, a little quiet update, not so loud that it wakens the demons that take the small ones, but the doctor confirmed today that Tiny Shida escaped his NEC infection unscathed - no permanent damage.
Very boring few days at the moment, the more of these the better...
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You son, you, and your wife are in my daughters and my prayers. May God watch over and care for you all.
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Glad to hear your son is doing well and hopefully you can bring him home soonest!
My son was born at 26 weeks and spent 3 months in hospital with bleeds, infections and a ligated PDA at 2 weeks old! All those bloody machines bleeping and glowing red were horrendous.
He is now 7 and a stubborn little pain in the arse :-) So stick with it mate as he is obviously a tenacious fighter and will make you a proud father.
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I'm sorry if I don't reply or in a timely fashion. I'm very sorry for your loss Ink. If you ever find yourself in need of extra Brothers, you let me know.
Thank you all for your comments, a little quiet update, not so loud that it wakens the demons that take the small ones, but the doctor confirmed today that Tiny Shida escaped his NEC infection unscathed - no permanent damage.
Very boring few days at the moment, the more of these the better...
awesome news bro....... :salute
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I will ask the priest at my college chapel to say a prayer.
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Dear all, we had another bad phase, Tiny Shida had an intestinal blockage last week his little body filled with air and swelled up so badly that he had trouble breathing. I didn't want to share the bad news but this is the nature of premature babies, thibgs happen quickly and unpredictably. In my grief and frustration i'm ashamed to say I pounded on a steel locker & dented it in, so helpless did I feel. The doctors couldn't determine the cause, that is scary to hear.
Anyway, once again the little fellow resolved it himself, with a lot of support. While no one was looking and on entral feeding he gained weight, topping the 1600 gramme mark. Last two days we've seen a rapid transformation, much less looking like a bird which fell out of its nest, and more like a proper baby. He's smart as well as strong, wants his breathing tube out & knows how to do it, had to be fully packed in twice now to stop him and he still looks like he was trying to find a solution to the problem.
We no longer plan ahead, learned to very much live in the moment. On this moment all is well.
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Wow, first time I saw this thread (don't visit the General very much).
nrshida,
Sounds like your son is quite the fighter. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family through this. You have the right attitude in taking this a day at a time, hopeing you made it through the roughest and it gets easier from here.
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Shida we're all very disappointed in you, that was zack's locker and you ruined his favorite pie :old:
All jokes aside so glad to hear that he keeps on fighting and is getting better buddy, keep us updated :pray
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Shida....You know I hope for the best for you and yours, you guys are in my thoughts and prayers..... this up and down back and forth.....
a saying I have lived with for a long time "hope for the best.... expect the worst"
my heart aches for you and the missus.
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Shida we're all very disappointed in you, that was zack's locker and you ruined his favorite pie :old:
Ruined my bloody elbow as well mate (http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/facepalm.gif)
"hope for the best.... expect the worst"
Words to live by!
Because we see him 2-3 times a day, we don't notice the changes so obviously. We were discussing his weight. When he was born he weighed 845 grammes, then he went down to 720, they always do than. Now he's at 1650. We were looking at our most recent pictures and then we compared them with some of the earlier pictures. We both had to cry at the contrast, the poor little spud. His legs were as thin as my finger and he just wasn't ready for this world. How we made it through those earlier weeks I'll never know.
He must be in good health though as he starts to resemble Winston Churchill a little bit, a good metric for any baby :lol
Just phoned the hospital and he's had a great night, spent half of it off the oxygen because he's mostly been pulling his tube out, sleeping peacefully with his fist strongly clenched around it with a little smile :banana:
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Ruined my bloody elbow as well mate (http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/facepalm.gif)
Words to live by!
Because we see him 2-3 times a day, we don't notice the changes so obviously. We were discussing his weight. When he was born he weighed 845 grammes, then he went down to 720, they always do than. Now he's at 1650. We were looking at our most recent pictures and then we compared them with some of the earlier pictures. We both had to cry at the contrast, the poor little spud. His legs were as thin as my finger and he just wasn't ready for this world. How we made it through those earlier weeks I'll never know.
He must be in good health though as he starts to resemble Winston Churchill a little bit, a good metric for any baby :lol
Just phoned the hospital and he's had a great night, spent half of it off the oxygen because he's mostly been pulling his tube out, sleeping peacefully with his fist strongly clenched around it with a little smile :banana:
thats awesome..... you got a little fighter there...he will need it for this world :aok
I have a feeling that his dad will give him a great start :aok
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good to hear, a pint to that tonight then.
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Outstanding news! :aok
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awesome news Shida :aok :cheers:
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Tiny Shida might resemble Winston Churchill, but he will learn the words "Hayate" and will will honor the Bushido code flying the Nakajima Ki-84.
maybe ink can donate a tiny sword for tiny Shida, who knows his first words might be Banzai!
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good to hear, a pint to that tonight then.
You'd better make that two pints Ruah, we've just spent 5 hours in the NICU, Tiny Shida is suddenly off the CPAP and on the flowsnor (sorry don't know the English), looking around, grasping my fingers and generally acting like a real baby only smaller. Today he had his first drink of milk in his mouth, well more like a cat with a dippy tongue, he has to learn how to swallow and breathe at the same time yet.
If he continues this way without infection or problem we could be going back to our house, and him to a more local hospital (High Care department) within the week, touch wood.
Shizzle! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Tiny Shida might resemble Winston Churchill, but he will learn the words "Hayate" and will will honor the Bushido code flying the Nakajima Ki-84.
maybe ink can donate a tiny sword for tiny Shida, who knows his first words might be Banzai!
I've already got the sword covered, I'm trying to arrange to have Ink flown in to tattoo a Nakajima logo on his tiny baby arse :rofl
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........I've already got the sword covered, I'm trying to arrange to have Ink flown in to tattoo a Nakajima logo on his tiny baby arse :rofl
oh my friggen word :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
you are a nut........that made me laugh my bellybutton off :rofl :rofl :aok
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Mrs. Shida laughed too when I said you were coming to do it. I was expecting a slap :rofl
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Mrs. Shida laughed too when I said you were coming to do it. I was expecting a slap :rofl
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she sounds like a wonderful woman. :aok
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I've already got the sword covered, I'm trying to arrange to have Ink flown in to tattoo a Nakajima logo on his tiny baby arse :rofl
I vote best comment of 2012 ROFL
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Such great news :aok
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Tomorrow, if the logistics go well, Tiny Shida will be moved from the Intensive Care Unit in Amsterdam to our local hospital's High Care Unit & Mrs. Shida and I can move back to our home. The little fella is doing great, topped 1750 grammes and is full of beans. We will miss all of the staff here but are pleased he no longer needs Intensive Care.
Thank you, all of you kind people, who have supported us and sent good wishes and prayers, here is a recent picture of the little man at the core of it all:-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P9210010_zpsf10ecbb5.jpg)
A happy ending to this episode!
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Great news mate :aok
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:salute Yay..Very Happy for you 3
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Excellent news :aok
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Great news nrshida!
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fantastic really
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Terrific shida :aok :cheers:
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can only dimly imagine what you guys have been going through :uhoh
glad that the worries are over and you can now go home with the little man and look forward to the future
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God grant him many years! WOOOOOOT!
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So real soon Ink will be on the next flight to tattoo his lil butt with a Nakajima logo :)
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He is looking Bonnie :D
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Nrshida, your family is in our thoughts and prayers. May God bestow all of his blessings on your little guy.
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BFOOT1
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:lol@ Butcher
Shid....so happy for you guys....what a little cutie.....so perfect..... so helpless.....
I will never forget holding my little ones, their tiny perfect little fingers grasping mine....never was my heart so effected....
except maybe when our oldest graduated and went off to college....
may you have many days of joy :salute
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Tomorrow, if the logistics go well, Tiny Shida will be moved from the Intensive Care Unit in Amsterdam to our local hospital's High Care Unit & Mrs. Shida and I can move back to our home. The little fella is doing great, topped 1750 grammes and is full of beans. We will miss all of the staff here but are pleased he no longer needs Intensive Care.
Thank you, all of you kind people, who have supported us and sent good wishes and prayers, here is a recent picture of the little man at the core of it all:-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P9210010_zpsf10ecbb5.jpg)
A happy ending to this episode!
I love his Churchillesque V for victory :)
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Shid....so happy for you guys....what a little cutie.....so perfect..... so helpless.....
I will never forget holding my little ones, their tiny perfect little fingers grasping mine....never was my heart so effected....
except maybe when our oldest graduated and went off to college....
may you have many days of joy :salute
Man my mom was crying to take me to get my senior pictures done last year. Wasn't that bad for college lol.
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Man my mom was crying to take me to get my senior pictures done last year. Wasn't that bad for college lol.
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its good to have a mom like that :aok
I certainly didn't....but my kids do and thats what matters :aok
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I hear ya!
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Thank you all. He's safe in the High Care Unit now. We were warned that the journey would take it out of him, and that he might have to go on the respirator again. I put him in the portable incubator, mostly he was just looking around as if to say: 'this is new'. It even had a sort of seat belt. The Bambulance was a Chevy :banana:
The journey didn't phase him, just took it in his stride. Apparently he cried for about ten seconds on the journey until he heard his mother's voice.
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Tiny Shida came home this week.
'OMG, the outside world, seriously?':-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/PA170007.jpg)
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awesome.... :aok
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Tiny Shida came home this week.
'OMG, the outside world, seriously?':-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/PA170007.jpg)
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So cute :salute Little one
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So glad to hear he is home. Nice to see that there are still good things happening to folks. Makes you stop and think about all the small miracles that happen all around us and we never notice. Thanks for sharing all of this with us and once again I am so glad the little guy is alright.!
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Tiny Shida came home this week.
'OMG, the outside world, seriously?':-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/PA170007.jpg)
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He's got his own lil cockpit chair!....How the heck you gonna hook up the stick and peddles?
Glad to see the lil guy coming home and thanks for sharing Mr Shida <S>
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heheheheh Rite on! :aok
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Tiny Shida came home this week.
'OMG, the outside world, seriously?':-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/PA170007.jpg)
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Great news shida! I hate to tell you this but he looks like a 38 pilot in the works!!! :aok
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You know Pawz, I had that same idea a few weeks ago so tested it out by making a yoke out of my hand. He grabbed it and smirked straight away :lol
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P9270020.jpg)
Sorry for the feeding tube. I know those kind of things can be a bit unpleasant to see.
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WTG for young man homecoming :aok
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You know Pawz, I had that same idea a few weeks ago so tested it out by making a yoke out of my hand. He grabbed it and smirked straight away :lol
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P9270020.jpg)
Sorry for the feeding tube. I know those kind of things can be a bit unpleasant to see.
You mean these 38 yokes... :rock
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jolly good show little shida :aok :cheers:
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woot lil shida! :banana: :banana: :cheers: :cheers:
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Tiny Shida came home this week.
'OMG, the outside world, seriously?':-
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/PA170007.jpg)
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Got that "Oh Crap... that's my Dad? look. jk
lol WTG Pop!.... and Mom. :D
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Just saw this today. So glad to hear that your child is home with you and your wife. I sincerely hope that your days get easier as he grows to be a strong young man.
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jolly good show little shida :aok :cheers:
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You know Pawz, I had that same idea a few weeks ago so tested it out by making a yoke out of my hand. He grabbed it and smirked straight away :lol
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P9270020.jpg)
Sorry for the feeding tube. I know those kind of things can be a bit unpleasant to see.
Tiny Shida is practicing already look.... he's using both hands - Start the countdown timer till he starts bugging Dad for a Thrustmaster Warthog :)
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:banana: :banana: great news
enjoy your hometime with your new co pilot
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