"He's your Miracle Baby"

Those are the words recently said to me by the nurse who took care of Cole on his first day of life. I had never asked too much about Cole's condition at birth, for fear of what I might hear I guess. The other day, I asked some questions that I had never been able to bring myself to ask. I was very shocked at the response I got. No wonder I didn't ask before this!

Cindy and Chona were the boys first two nurses; they were wonderful to Chuck that day. They explained so much of what they were doing to Cole & JDand made him feel comfortable that the boys were in good hands and were stable. Very comforting for a first time Dad, with two babies in the NICU. Little did I know, they had also made him aware of Cole's very scary prognosis. He was on the edge of living. Thank goodness nobody told me that or let on any such thing.

Not once did I ever have a doubt that he would make it. I will admit, I often worried about his long term damage from going through as much as he did. But never did I lose hope or faith that he would grow and we would take him home. I just didn't know when that might be. When I asked why they didn't tell me that, she of course said, "why would we do that? Your job as a Mom is to believe in your kids and love them enough to push them through anything!". How right she was.

Cole was VERY sick - and mostly due to the twin to twin transfusion syndrome that was going on in utero between he and Calvin. Nobody knew the extent of this issue until after they were born. And none of the NICU staff thought he would make it. He was greatly compromised at birth - he was severely anemic, which affected most of his organs in one way or another. He was tiny and he was weak. But he fought his little heart out and look at him today. When I arrived this morning, this little precious face, with wide eyes, greeted me. It just made me cry immediately and once again, reminded me to thank God for this precious little life that has blessed us.



I can tell already that his personality is going to be one of a fighter. He'll be one who never gives up. He'll be one who works hard for everything he will be. He'll always know that he had an identical brother who carried them through as long as he could. He will always be our hero ~ and we'll never take life for granted again. He is truly our Miracle Baby.