Isaiah's Story

mom-of-isaiah - 06:21pm Mar 2, 2011 EST

My name is Tyaisha and this is the story of my son Isaiah. Isaiah was born 8-19-10 at Saint Margaret at 29weeks via emergency c-section after i took a bad fall down the stairs. Isaiah was 2lbs 11oz 16in. Isaiah was immediately taken to the NICU and put on a ventilator. Five days later i ways able to go home but I had to leave Isaiah behind that was the worse feeling ever. I would go and visit my son everyday. At 2weeks Isaiah caught a pic-line infection and the hospital felt there machines were not equip for Isaiah's condition. Isaiah was then air lifted to the University of Chicago. I was so terrified There, Isaiah was put on an oscillator which would help his breathing. At a month old, the infection started to worsen. The doctors said Isaiah had a pneumatocele. A pneumatocele is a air pocket that sits on your lung creating a blockage, it will usually almost always go away on its on in time. Well that wasn't the case for Isaiah. It just continued to grow and grow blocking more and more of his lung tissues and on top of that, he caught pneumonia 4 times within two months. At 3months the pneumatocele had taking over half of Isaiah's left lungs and doctors were very concerned. On 11-9-10 Isaiah had surgery to remove half of his lung. OMG...I was sooooo afraid for my son. All i could do was to release him into God's hand and let his will be done. Isaiah surgery went well. He was put back on the vent for about two weeks then switched to cpap then to the regular cannula. Isaiah is now going on 7months and is still in the NICU. He now weighs 15ibs 12oz and still requires a significant amount of oxygen. Doctors were discussing doing a trach collar but i am against it (more scared of it). I am a teacher and I had to take the school year off in order to be with my son and it has been very hard on me and my entire family. I stayed positive and prayed up. Hopefully my baby will be able to come home very soon. And thats Isaiah's journey thus far.