I want to tell you about an amazing little boy who is part of an amazing family.
Jacob is a 4 year old little boy who was diagnosed a couple of years ago with pulmonary hypertension. To put it in basic terms, the blood pressure in his lungs is way too high. He wears a backpack 24 hours a day that acts as a continuous pump of medicine, etc to his heart. In short, it keeps him alive.Every 10-12 months Jacob goes in for a heart catheterization. This is done for diagnostic purposes to let the doctors know how things are going internally with Jacob. In the past he's had issues with the anesthesia, this combined with being a heart/lung patient makes things more complicated.
On Monday he went in for a heart cath and there were complications afterwards. The doctors could not get the cath site to stop bleeding. Four year old Jacob has been on life support since. He's undergone blood transfusions, and while there was a short time where things were looking up, things have taken a turn for the worse.
His body is retaining fluid and causing swelling. They've begun a mini dialysis on him as well as implanting a port to act as a drain. They cannot get his body to stop retaining fluids, nor can his blood clot and stop bleeding. He's being given a constant flow of blood products to get things under control as he's losing body fluids through nearly every opening.
He's continues to remain on life support still and things are not looking good. The one positive sign is that he is squeezing his mother's finger when she talks to him and showing some signs of response when the doctors agitate him.
As I said, he's from an amazing family. Dana & AJ waited a LONG time before they were FINALLY blessed with the birth of their first child, Jacob. Jacob also has a brother that is roughly a year younger than him, his name is Sammy. AJ is in the Army, stationed at Ft. Campbell. He came home last weekend on R&R from his deployment. It is a miracle in itself that he is home right now, as he's missed several procedures in the past due to deployments. Dana is a strong Christian woman, full of amazing faith and heart. She's inspiring and beautiful inside and out. She's a kind friend and knowing their family is a privilege.
PRAY HARD for a miracle for this baby. He IS a baby, only four years old and fighting for his life. Stop what you're doing. Stop and pray. Pray for a complete and miraculous healing.
