IV’s, tubes, lights and discovery

Michael was born with a hypoxic, ischiemic encephalopathy. That means he has a loss of blood pressure and oxygen, which caused an injury to his brain. It caused swelling (you can see how puffy his eyes were) in his head that lasted about a week and a half after he was born.

My little buddy managed to continue to rip out IV’s left and right - just showing the spirit that helped him live through his trauma. We were informed that his cord gas was in the high 6’s, much lower than normal, but had returned quickly after he was born. His cord gas was so low, it was unexpected that he would live. Yet he pushed on in this world.