The Journey of James Weston

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 Today was the craziest day ever! In the morning Mom had her embryo transfer and by the evening we were in the ER with James.  Dad and James waited in the car while Mom had her procedure. They wouldn't allow patients to take and Uber home because of the sedation. Everything went as expected and we got our first photo of the embryo. [Below] After the transfer we went out for a late breakfast and took James inside the Village Inn without his ventilator on during his 1 hour break. James did so good! It's such a huge deal! Around 7pm Mom was doing some of James' nightly care when she noticed his GJ button was sticking too far out. The balloon was deflated and had popped out through the stoma. Mom screamed for Dad and alerted him we needed to go to he hospital. Mom ended up pushing the button back in James and taped it down with gauze and medical tape. We called the GI Doctor's office to see if we should wait to come in tomorrow. Mom spoke to the o...

Mom's Facebook Update  I never felt comfortable announcing my pregnancy with James. I wish I had, because it was really tough emotionally. I was just waiting until it felt safe, though after a 2nd trimester loss that wasn't going to happen. BUT as soon as we announced, "We had a baby and he needed a miracle!" we had an outpouring of support and love since Day One that has been priceless. So after debating whether or not to share this, we figured we could use the extra support and prayers from our friends and family.  On November 1st, I got knocked up 🤞 by our fertility doctor. It's called a Frozen Embryo Transfer. We don't know the gender, it was an embryo created earlier this year in May. Although there are no guarantees, we are hopeful this next step in our journey will allow us to bring home another rainbow baby. We are so excited for James to grow up with a sibling, just as we did. James is making rapid progress but even if he wasn't, it's our fam...