Journal entry by Richard Houston —
Dear Friends
Thanks for your concern and prayers for little Shepherd Truth Houston. We are honored by all the people who have been following his story.
In my last message I informed you that he was on his way home from the hospital. He is doing very well. What a contrast to our deep concern, if not anguish, 6 weeks ago.
Yesterday he had his first follow up with three doctors. They all said to "treat him as a normal child", although there are still milestones and other check ups over the next few months and years. But we are very grateful that he can move his legs, rather vigorously by the way, and even wiggles his toes. Not a guarantee of things to come but certainly preferable to not being able to move his legs.
Two things:
We are conscious of the blessings we have experienced, especially with the thought (without specific details) that some of the babies in the same NICU as Shepherd have much more serious and long lasting conditions. We pray God's healing hand on those babies and their parents.
Second, a little humor. On Shepherd's first night at home, after sleeping by himself in an incubator or bed by himself for a month, Steven and Alexis fed him, sang to him and put him in his bassinet next to their bed. But he cried and wouldn't go to sleep until they took him out of his bassinet and laid him between them in their bed. He went right to sleep. Amazing! Only a month old and knows how to manipulate his parents! He is going to be a force to be reckoned with! By the way, he is sleeping on his own now. I just thought it was a humorous start to life at home.
If you want to see pictures go the the Facebook site that Steven has set up.
Once again,
Thanks again
Richard Houston
Thanks for your concern and prayers for little Shepherd Truth Houston. We are honored by all the people who have been following his story.
In my last message I informed you that he was on his way home from the hospital. He is doing very well. What a contrast to our deep concern, if not anguish, 6 weeks ago.
Yesterday he had his first follow up with three doctors. They all said to "treat him as a normal child", although there are still milestones and other check ups over the next few months and years. But we are very grateful that he can move his legs, rather vigorously by the way, and even wiggles his toes. Not a guarantee of things to come but certainly preferable to not being able to move his legs.
Two things:
We are conscious of the blessings we have experienced, especially with the thought (without specific details) that some of the babies in the same NICU as Shepherd have much more serious and long lasting conditions. We pray God's healing hand on those babies and their parents.
Second, a little humor. On Shepherd's first night at home, after sleeping by himself in an incubator or bed by himself for a month, Steven and Alexis fed him, sang to him and put him in his bassinet next to their bed. But he cried and wouldn't go to sleep until they took him out of his bassinet and laid him between them in their bed. He went right to sleep. Amazing! Only a month old and knows how to manipulate his parents! He is going to be a force to be reckoned with! By the way, he is sleeping on his own now. I just thought it was a humorous start to life at home.
If you want to see pictures go the the Facebook site that Steven has set up.
Once again,
Thanks again
Richard Houston
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