Tuesday, February 23, 2010

This nasheed gives some confort to the heart...

I Remember your smile....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLxPiOpq8I

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

he's down again

MILAGRE

A palavra milagre significa muito mais do que cada um pode imaginar até vivê-lo. Ontem o Mikaal piorou outra vez e desta vez as saturações dele andaram pelos 55 e os médicos não conseguiam melhorá-las. Eles ligaram-lhe ao ventilador de alta frequencia e puseram oxido nitrico e assim ele piorou... Ficaram assim por duas horas e o Mikaal não recuperava. O médico disse ao meu marido para me ligar pois já não havia mais nada para fazer pelo Mikaal. O pai do Mikaal decidiu que não haveria de me ligar pois acreditou que o nosso bebé ia recuperar. O médico decidiu então mudá-lo para o ventilador convencional pois já não havia nada a fazer. Assim que mudaram ele recuperou e as saturações subiram para os 90. É incrivel mas é verdade... O médico perguntou ao meu marido o que se estava a passar e provavelmente ele disse no seu coração que ALLAH É muito maior e melhor do que qualquer médico. Eles acreditam que isto foi mais uma crise de hipertensão pulmonar e que os pulmões dele estão a sangrar por dentro. Nós não desistimos e nunca vamos desistir desta luta pela recuperação do Mikaal. Peço a todos que orem e mandem todos os vossos pensamentos positivos e orações pela recuperação do nosso lindo filho.

The word MIRACLE means so much more

When we think his condition can't get worst it does. Mikaal had a bad night last night. His blood pressure dropped and his saturations were down to 55. The doctor change to the high frequency ventilator and put another machine that gives him nitric oxide trough the ventilator and he became worst. They waited two hours and then the doctor ask my husband to call me because was no more hope for Mikaal and this was it. My husband never give up and he said is no need to call me because Mikaal will recover. The doctor change him to the convencional ventilator because was nothingelse to do and his saturations went to 90's, the doctor could not believe it. He ask my husband what's happening... and I know Mikaal's father said to his heart: ALLAH Is so much bigger and better than any doctor. After several hours of this rollercoster, he finally recovered. They believe it was pulmonary hypertension and his lungs are bleeding inside. His heart also got a bit worst. Please send out your thoughts and prayers that he'll recover fast and come home soon.

Monday, February 8, 2010

ups and downs - altos e baixos

so... they change the ventilator on thursday and he was doing really well with a new tecnology (that is the perfect combination betwen the baby and the ventilator) which allows Mikaal to breath by himself sometimes. His infection levels were going down until saturday when Mikaal went very down, again! his blood presure was very low and the doctors didn't know what else to do. But ALLAH Is always there and finally he recover but yesterday he got bad again and blood presure was very low again(lower than saturday) and they thought to change to the big ventilator again. All this situation is very bad and we are feeling worst. All the prayers and thoughts needed!!! | Os médicos mudaram o ventilador do Mikaal na quinta feira e tudo correu bem. O Mikaal adaptou-se muito bem a um novo modo de ventilação(que é a "perfeita" combinação entre o homem e a máquina) que permite que ele respire algumas vezes sozinho com a ajuda do ventilador. Os níveis de infecção estavam a baixar até sábado quando ele piorou bastante, a tensão arterial baixou estupidamente e os médicos disseram que já não sabiam o que fazer mais. Pois os médicos não sabiam mas ALLAH sabia e ele recuperou. Mas ontem piorou muito e a tensão arterial dele ainda foi mais abaixo do que no sábado. Desta vez até o coração dele, que até agora estava bem, piorou! Os médicos disseram que o iam passar para o outro ventilador outra vez. Esta situação está cada vez mais insustentável para mim pois nem posso partilhar estes maus momentos com a família pois não quero que eles sofram pois assim vou ter mais problemas e tristezas. Precisamos de todas as orações para estes maus dias...

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Novidades sobre o estado do Mikaal

Depois de 4 dias num ventilador de alta frequência*(usado para casos mais graves), os médicos decidiram que amanhã de manhã se tudo estivesse bem iriam passá-lo para um ventilador convencional o que já é uma grande victória. Continuamos a precisar de todas as orações e pensamentos positivos para que amanhã tudo corra bem! After 4 long days with High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator*(characterized by high respiratory rates up to 900 breaths per minute) the doctors decided to change to conventional ventilator. For us is a step forward and he will be able to breath by himself sometimes. We need all the prayers and thoughts for tomorrow morning. *High frequency ventilation is thought to reduce ventilator-associated lung injury. This is commonly referred to as lung protective ventilation.

Primeiro dia do ano

Melhor momento do Mikaal foi no primeiro dia de 2010 que se portou muito bem e divertiu-nos imenso.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

I've to write in english sometimes... Mikaal was born on September 22nd at 3:10. He was 3,565kg! They took him right away to get all kinds of tests done. I didn't even get to hold him until he was 1/2 weeks old! He had a heart surgery on September 25th and it went well. After the surgery it's been a authentic rollercoaster, full of ups and downs. He was at home for 1 month and 1 week since he was born. We are very grateful for that month, it was the best month ever! He's such a good baby and really light up the house with is beautiful smile. We have to take him to the hospital everytime because his heart gets worst very fast and the doctors can't find any reason for that to happen. Christmas was a very bad day for us and I can't forget when doctors said to us he won't survive, it was really hard for us but my husband always believed everything will be ok. After one week he was at home but only for 7 days and we rushed back to the hospital. He got intubated in the same day (January 7th), it was very hard to see him with that tube again and seeing all the machines around him once more. It was another huge step backwards. He got extubated (breathing tube out) on January 22nd the day he became 4 months old. He was doing well without the ventilator but his lungs got worst so he needed to be intubated again last saturday(January 30th). This time was even harder because he started to smile like before and now he has the ventilator again. My miracle boy amazes me everyday, the doctors even say he's very strong and wants to survive. So many miracles happen everytime. And when I feel my hope is gone ALLAH Gives us another miracle. P.S. I have just been insanely busy these last 4 months, that's why I could not give any news to all of my friends but now I felt the need to tell his story for all of you who are praying for him since his born. In this website you can find a few pictures of our miracle baby! It's one picture after the surgery where he has the ventilator, the others are just the best moments.

depois da operação...

Antes da operação ele estava bem gordinho e tinha umas bochechas que nunca mais recuperou... Esta foto é um dia depois da operação quando nós até achamos que ele parecia bem e não ia chocar tanto.

O dia da operação

No dia 25 de Setembro disseram-nos para chegar ao hospital por volta das 7 horas da manhã pois iam operá-lo a essa hora! Mal dormi em casa e chegamos ao hospital e podemos partilhar momentos muito felizes e muito emocionantes com o nosso bebé. Finalmente podemos conhecer um pouco mais do nosso "amor", por volta da hora de almoço e depois de uma manhã cheia de incertezas e ansiedade, levaram-no para o bloco operatório! O nosso bebé foi para o bloco com um sorriso na cara e super descontraido. Não consigo esquecer aquela imagem a levarem a pequena ecobadora dele embora. As horas seguintes passámos a chorar e a rezar no carro. Não sei quantas horas passaram pois para mim o tempo parou naquele momento em que o levaram. Demorou imenso e só no final da tarde ele voltou do bloco, a operação tinha corrido bem! Pois nós já sabíamos que ele tinha que voltar ligado ao ventilador mas ver aqueles tubos e fios todos e aquelas máquinas é demasiado assustador para descrever.

Mikaal's story by Everylifehasastory Thanks Malory

Video made @ http://everylifehasastory-home.blogspot.com/