Sheriff Dill Posted March 25 Posted March 25 (edited) On March 6th my wife and received a call from our local DCF office asking if we would be open to having a newborn in our care as he was in the process of coming into state custody. We very quickly said yes without hesitation. My wife then spent the next 4 days in the NICU with this little heart stealer as he was born 4 1/2 weeks early. We finally get the ok to bring him home. Each foster kiddo we have taken o to our home has always been on specific dates of the month. For some reason that I cannot figure out the Lord has the 10th as that date Fast forward to this last weekend on the 21st we had to rush the little guy to the ER as he was continuing to turn bluish grey in color and started to cough. Once in the ER they quickly rushed us to a different section of the ER for the trauma aspect of it. After a few hours they get him stable and take us up to the PICU. As I’m walking the halls following the Dr’s and my wife lookup and there is the same room and doors that I had to say goodbye to our son exactly 3 1/2 years to the date. I’m still trying to keep it together from everything else and now the Lord walks me into the is section of the hospital. The baby had to be intubated due to having RSV and the troubles he was having. My wife has spent every second by his side since he was there and today I was able to hold him and feed him a bottle as they were able to take him off of the intubator. He only weighed 5 lbs 4.1 ounces when he came home with us but this little guy is a fighter. He wouldn’t stop fighting his sedation and kept waking up from it. And now he is trying to pull his feeding tube out of his nose. Here he is earlier tonight when I got to hold him. He was so happy and comforted. I haven’t been holding him a lot before this as I am scared I’m going to break him as he is so tiny. This little guy has been with us for a very short time but let me tell you I have shed enough tears this week seeing what he’s going through and being filled with worry I don’t think I have any left in me. I will continue to pray that I get to the reasoning of everything happening on these dates but there is a part of me that doesn’t want to know the reasoning as it’s the Lords plan for us and we will only know and see it when he’s ready for us to. Edited April 10 by Sheriff Dill 8 11 Quote
watab kid Posted March 25 Posted March 25 they are a gift from god , i dont understand why bad things happen to any of them , they dont deserve it , ill add prayers , he has you now , maybe thats enough to change his future .........and yours 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 25 Posted March 25 🙏Prayers up Sheriff, for the little guy and your whole family 🙏 1 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 Prayers up for the little guy and kudos to you and your wife. What a great thing you’re doing.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 1 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said: 🙏Prayers up Sheriff, for the little guy and your whole family 🙏 Thanks Maybe someday he will be at the range with me and you and Ellie can meet him. 3 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Prayers up for the little guy and kudos to you and your wife. What a great thing you’re doing.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thanks Becoming foster parents was one of our dreams come true. Everyone says the children are blessed but we are the truly blessed ones. 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 Just got the update. Feeding tube will come out today and will be getting a new room out of the PICU tonight. 3 4 Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 Standing up on my knees for this fine little fighter and for yourself as well! 2 Quote
Calamity Kris Posted March 25 Posted March 25 Prayers up for your family,. You are truly doing Gods work by becoming foster parents. Many blessings to you for that. 1 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Prayers up for the little tyke and for all those who are caring for him!! May you all find strength and comfort!! 1 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 Just got back from visiting him and my wife at the hospital. They moved him out of the PICU and into the regular pediatric unit within the hospital. He’s doing fantastic. He’s now eating from the bottle and hopefully getting the rest of his jewelry off and out tomorrow. Talks of coming home tomorrow night or Friday. I’m going to keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for all the prayers. 2 5 Quote
watab kid Posted March 26 Posted March 26 prayers remain with all of you , hoping all goes well getting him home and your lives enriched with this addition to your family , he deserves the best life has to offer and seems he found it in you and your wife 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Great update Sheriff,🙏to continue for the little guy and his new family 🙏🤞 1 1 Quote
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted March 26 Posted March 26 It's wonderful what you're doing. Staying prayed up for all of you. 1 1 Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 26 Posted March 26 10 hours ago, Sheriff Dill said: Just got back from visiting him and my wife at the hospital. They moved him out of the PICU and into the regular pediatric unit within the hospital. He’s doing fantastic. He’s now eating from the bottle and hopefully getting the rest of his jewelry off and out tomorrow. Talks of coming home tomorrow night or Friday. I’m going to keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for all the prayers. I do love readin' good news! Still standing up on my Prayer Bones for you all! Many's the time I'd tell people the best part of running on the medic squad was when I filled in with the non-emergency transport and we got to take people home where they belong! Let us know when he's home where he belongs! 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 2 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: I do love readin' good news! Still standing up on my Prayer Bones for you all! Many's the time I'd tell people the best part of running on the medic squad was when I filled in with the non-emergency transport and we got to take people home where they belong! Let us know when he's home where he belongs! Thanks I absolutely will. We thought it was going to be today but the Dr wants to run an echo on his heart to make sure everything is good with the murmur he has. 1 3 Quote
Seldom Seen #16162 Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just.curious to know if you are allowed to have firearms or other dangerous weapons in your home in order to be foster parents? Quote
John Kloehr Posted March 26 Posted March 26 12 minutes ago, Seldom Seen #16162 said: Just.curious to know if you are allowed to have firearms or other dangerous weapons in your home in order to be foster parents? Depends on the state and sometimes the agency. In general, many states do have some degree of storage requirements (locked, ammo stored separately). Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 1 hour ago, Seldom Seen #16162 said: Just.curious to know if you are allowed to have firearms or other dangerous weapons in your home in order to be foster parents? We absolute are allowed to have them in our home. They need to be locked in a safe separate from any ammo or means of ammo. It’s not just firearms or weapons that we have to keep locked up and or away from children’s reach all medicine and alcohol need to be away from Absolutely no smoking of any type. No marijuana regardless of form and regardless of it being legal in our state. 2 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 Got back from the hospital little while ago. He has been moved back to the PICU for time being as he started having troubles breathing again and needed some extra one on one care that the floor he was on wasn’t able to accommodate. 4 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 hour ago, Seldom Seen #16162 said: Just.curious to know if you are allowed to have firearms or other dangerous weapons in your home in order to be foster parents? What's that have to do with this little baby and his family needing Prayers??? Wrong place for that question in my not so humble opinion. Send a PM or start another thread for crying out loud. 🙏 Continuing up Sheriff 🙏 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 27 Posted March 27 🙏 Prayers continue up for getting that little feller home soon🙏 Hang in there Sheriff Dill 🤞 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 27 Author Posted March 27 His stats improved last night and is back to being bottle fed. Still a lot of junk in lungs from the RSV but all was looking so much better last night. Saw him on FaceTime at 4 am this morning as he was eating. He’s a fighter. Poor little guy has spent more of his life in that PICU/NICU than he has out of it. HES got this 2 3 Quote
watab kid Posted March 28 Posted March 28 new life , new hopes and dreams , everyone has the best wishes on this , and prayers continue 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 28 Posted March 28 🙏Back up for Saturday morning. Get home soon little guy.🙏 1 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 28 Author Posted March 28 Went to see home last night. When I left this am at 530 he was fast asleep. His stats kept dropping and they are still trying to get the gunk out of his lungs. Still on feeding tube. No new projected come home date. Hopefully soon though. Thanks for the continued prayers. 5 Quote
Sheriff Dill Posted March 28 Author Posted March 28 Was able to FaceTime my throughout the day here a a few screen shots I took of the little guy while he slept. First one was at 1130ish this morning and second was from about 730 tonight. Huge difference for him. The smiles are to the sound of my voice. He’s such a ham and all of the prayers and thoughts are working. We cannot thank you all enough for the prayers that have come our way over the past year. Yeah it’s been one of those years. 2 4 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 29 Posted March 29 🙏The Prayers for the little guy continue,get well little man.🙏 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.