Wednesday, January 25, 2012

15 Years Ago

15 years ago, Becky and I were at the hospital anticipating Aidan's arrival. And right before midnight, Aidan was born. With Aidan's birth, our journey into parenthood began. And the last 15 years have been quite a ride. So, to my oldest son, happy birthday. You are a joy and make your parents proud.

And tonight, 15 years later, Becky is in the hospital again - this time with Titus. This morning, Ada,  Titus' nurse, stated Titus had started running a low fever. So we kept him home from school - and within the next few hours, his fever rose, his breathing became more labored, and his oxygen kept getting turned up. At 10:30am, Becky took him down to the ER at Children's Medical City and the diagnosis came back as pneumonia. Within a few hours, Titus was admitted to a room and has been resting.

We are very fortunate and thankful for the staff at Children's Medical City who know Titus so well and for his doctors who know how quickly Titus can take a turn for the worse. We are confident that he is where he needs to be.

Our prayers are that the antibiotics provided will help his body fight the pneumonia and infection. We know Titus' lungs are so compromised even without pneumonia. We anticipate he will be spending the next few days in the hospital.

Becky took this picture this morning before his fever was up - Tucker loves playing with Titus (and Quita is a great sport to be a pillow).


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