Our Precious Boy

I know everyone is wondering what is happening with our beautiful little son... we just haven't wanted to post anything since all we have is bad news. We met with our surgeon and doctors and unfortunately Lincoln's intestines are very damaged. He continues to require transfusions of platelets/blood/plasma to assist his little body in fighting off this infection. He is also still bleeding into his diaper which is a very bad sign. Obviously the 4 antibiotics they've tried for the last 17 days have not fixed this. The fact that this is his second battle against NEC and he has lost so much intestine already just makes it that much worse. The course of action now will be to administer to him the 2 new antibiotics. They have placed him on morphine to ensure he is not in any pain whatsoever. We did not go to work today and I will be off tomorrow as we know we need to be with our precious son as much as we can. We found a campground in Marengo that is only 30 minutes from the hospital.. we are going to take the camper there tomorrow and stay there so we are closer to Lincoln. Unfortunately the fridge and toilet both seem to have malfunctioned over the winter so we are a little concerned about that. Greg is going to spend the morning trying to get those things fixed while I go to Columbus. We are so thankful that we work for such a caring and accomodating school district that is allowing me to be flexible in my schedule while offering us so much friendship and support along the way. Lincoln has surely shown us what is important in this world...