The newest member of the Burnham family was born on Friday afternoon. Jaysen's brother, Steve, and his wife Beckie, added Jeremy Cale {I hope I spelled his middle name right!} to their little family. I say little family, but Jeremy is child #5 for them. He came after they thought their 
family was complete. Their youngest child is 5 1/2. :0) Apparently God had different plans for them. We couldn't be happier about it.
I wish I had a picture to post for you. He has dark hair like his daddy {the bald spot too!}. I haven't been able to see him yet.
He was born with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension, or PPHN. You can read all about it at the link I provided, but basically it means that he's having trouble breathing. When babies are in the womb, as the blood circulates through their bodies, it is diverted from their lungs. They don't need to be used yet because they get their oxygen from the placenta. When babies are born, as soon as they take their first breath, their little bodies kick into gear and the blood immediately starts pumping through their lungs. Unfortunately, for a few, it doesn't go as smoothly. The circulatory system doesn't switch over and the blood continues to bypass the lungs. The blood returns to the heart low on oxygen, which then in turn affects all of the other organs in the body.
Our prayers are with Steve and Beckie. We love you! We are always available for helping out if you need us. ALWAYS.
We can't wait to have you get to go home Jeremy! We're all dying to see you and tell you how much we love you!
family was complete. Their youngest child is 5 1/2. :0) Apparently God had different plans for them. We couldn't be happier about it.I wish I had a picture to post for you. He has dark hair like his daddy {the bald spot too!}. I haven't been able to see him yet.
He was born with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension, or PPHN. You can read all about it at the link I provided, but basically it means that he's having trouble breathing. When babies are in the womb, as the blood circulates through their bodies, it is diverted from their lungs. They don't need to be used yet because they get their oxygen from the placenta. When babies are born, as soon as they take their first breath, their little bodies kick into gear and the blood immediately starts pumping through their lungs. Unfortunately, for a few, it doesn't go as smoothly. The circulatory system doesn't switch over and the blood continues to bypass the lungs. The blood returns to the heart low on oxygen, which then in turn affects all of the other organs in the body.
Our prayers are with Steve and Beckie. We love you! We are always available for helping out if you need us. ALWAYS.
We can't wait to have you get to go home Jeremy! We're all dying to see you and tell you how much we love you!
6 comments:
I hope you won't mind me submitting a comment on your blog! I am Zach's mom and I have 2 nieces who had PPHN at birth. The first spent about 6 weeks in Primary Children's and had to have ECMO. The other one had only the nitric oxide since PC did not have ECMO then. Today they are both fine. The oldest is in college and the youngest is in the seventh grade studying Chinese (among other subjects)! I hope this encourages you about your nephew's prognosis.
Wanted to also let you know that I loved the pictures of Ellie and your little girl!
Best of luck to your nephew and congratulations on his arrival.
We will add this sweet little boy to our prayers.
Isn't blogging great...you can remember people in your prayers that you don't know personally.
Would you like me to put his name on the Temple Roll? I would be more than happy to.
I LOVE the picture you used and the song you have playing!
"mom"-don't mind you commenting at all! Do it frequently if you'd like! Thanks for the kind words! And we love Ellie in this house. :0) My daughter talks about her ALL THE TIME.
Lauren-I would love it if you would add his name to the temple roll! I thought about it earlier, but haven't gotten to it yet. And, yes, blogging is wonderful! So many wonderful friends found in the blogosphere.
I am going to put the name Jeremy Cale Burnham on the temple roll. Is that the correct name?
Yes. THanks again!
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