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Isaiah was born 5/12/09 at SkyRidgeMedicalHospital. He weighed 7 pounds and 11 ounces and was 21 inches tall when he was born! Great job mommy!  We also praise the Lord for being with us from conception to the day of delivery. There were no major complications while Dulcinea was in labor. In fact, I never knew the strength of my wife to tolerate pain. She was 9.5cm dilated before having to use the epidural and this was only 0.5cm away from her being able to start pushing him out of her belly. The doctors and I praised her for her courage and strength.  

As far as Isaiah was concerned, his heart rate kept an average 140 beats per minute which is very strong and healthy. He never waxed nor wayned even through the toughest part of it all the time the doctor had to use forceps to take him out. When he was born he had symptoms of jaundice which was yellow skin even noticeable in his eyes. Jaundice, to my lack of knowledge, is a very common symptom for new borns. Simply put it is the baby’s inability to cleanse the large amount of red blood cells in the body due to their liver not being fully developed. When this happens a large amount of biliruben is present in the blood stream which causes that yellow discolor.  The treatment applied to him was to have him bathe in the sun, but in our case since his levels keep on increasing from 12 to 18, we had to put him under UV lamps (see below).

So far his condition is getting better. His skin color is starting to normalize and we as so happy that the Lord continues to answer our prayers.

As with all new borns it is hard to get sleep so I took a video of him trying to fight sleep so he knows what Mommy and Daddy went through.  But now we feed him every 2 hours and it is definitely a joy to watch him sleep.

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Psalm 37 was the one I read as I prayed for my wife and my son and I am so thankful that the Lord gives us His Word to uphold us when we are weak.

Trust in the LORD and do good;
       dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

 ⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD
       and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 ⁷ Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
       do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
       when they carry out their wicked schemes.

 ⁸ Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
       do not fret—it leads only to evil.

¹⁸ The days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
       and their inheritance will endure forever.

 ¹⁹ In times of disaster they will not wither;
       in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

²² those the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
       but those he curses will be cut off.

 ²³ If the LORD delights in a man's way,
       he makes his steps firm;

 ²⁴ though he stumble, he will not fall,
       for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

 ²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
       yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken
       or their children begging bread.

 ²⁶ They are always generous and lend freely;
       their children will be blessed.