Ayden spent roughly 6 weeks in the NICU at St. Elizabeth's. He developed NEC issues in his intestines, which can be quite serious for infants and can have lasting developmental affects. He also began to vomit regularly and could hardly keep any milk down. [Sigh]. After a couple of blood transfusions and the Neonatologists from Lincoln talking with the Neonatologists from Children's Hospital, it was concluded that he be moved up to Omaha. Shane and I began to wonder if God gave us twins because He knew that we'd only be bringing one child home with us. Those were TOUGH days (to put it lightly).
While at Children's Hospital, a surgeon wanted to do exploratory surgery on Ayden. No one at Children's Hospital knew what was wrong with our son. Fortunately, none of his intestine had to be removed. Instead, to the surgeon’s surprise, he found that Ayden's appendix had ruptured! That was only the 2nd time that has happened at Children's Hospital. Ayden was fortunate ... and so were we. After a week-long stay at the NICU at Children's, we were able to bring him home to be reunited with Evan!
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