Sarge is going through drug withdrawals and it is a pitiful sight. He is receiving morphine every 3 hours to help with the pain of withdrawal. He is also feeding from a feeding tube because he cannot eat from a bottle efficiently yet. He did take 15cc’s from a bottle. His feeds are 60cc’s at this time.

We are 2.5 hours away from home, which means we are not with the girls. While we know they are absolutely fine with their grandparents, we miss them terribly. This was so unexpected and we left in the middle of the night to come here, so I didn’t have time to even talk to the girls and prepare them for what was going to happen. They are doing well though and miss their mommy, daddy and baby brother.

They are both absolutely smitten with Sarge.

Sarge was on a ventilator at birth, but he no longer is now.

My baby is a big sister?!? The fact we have a third child, and a SON, is still sinking in!

The moment we learned his birth mother had signed her rights to us.

      <p align="center">The protocol for taking care of babies in this condition has changed drastically since Little Bug and Sweet Pea went through this. We are able to hold him and I am even able to do kangaroo care with him for multiple hours per day. He loves that and so do I.</p>  <p align="center">Right now, you can pray for Sarge as his little body goes through these withdrawals. Pray for his feeding issues. And pray for strength for us as we are by Sarge’s side as he goes through this while missing our girls terribly. This is hard. Very hard. </p>  <p align="center">But God’s grace is sufficient and due to the circumstances of how he ended up in our arms, there is no doubt in our minds that God is still walking this journey with us and is NOT leaving us. He is giving us daily strength and He will bring complete healing to Sarge.</p>  <p align="center">Thank you for your prayers.</p>

- Elaine