Today Koa's tummy will get fixed

This morning Courtnie and I went to talk to the surgeon and doctor to find out weather they were going to do the surgery today or wait. Koa's vitals all seemed to be doing good his blood sugar is up and down but other than that he seems to be doing ok. The surgeon came in to asses weather to do the surgery and decided to do it today between 2 and 5 pm. They would have done it earlier but there was a baby being born with its intestines on the outside of its body. I am thankful that I didn't have to endure that situation. And will pray for that baby and its parents. Well it might be a long night so I am going to take a little nap and get rested up.
thanks again for all of the love and prayers from every one.
Love
Koa, Courtnie and I

Tonight Koa is doing ok

Tonight Koa is still on the Conventional ventilator. And has seemed to be stable. Koa is probably going to be having the surgery in the morning. So I will be praying that every thing will go ok and that God will continue to guide the doctors and nurses in there care of Koa. I will also pray that God keeps Koa Courtnie and I strong.
Thank you to all of the people that are praying for my some wife and I. It has helped more that I can say with words to know that even people I have never met are praying for my family. And I thank God for listening to all the prayers.
I will try post in the morning when I know more about what will go on tomorrow but I may be busy so it may come later to tell the story of the day.
Thanks again to every one
we love you all
Koa, Courtnie and Jeremiah

Hello all

Last night Koa was having some hard spells with his blood pressure. Courtnie and I had a meting with the Koa's tummy surgeon to decide weather or not to do the surgery to fix Koa's intestines. But it was post poned by God again so that Koa coud have another day to rest. Koa is back on the conventional ventilator. This morning at about 6 am his blood pressure dropped because he need more blood so the nurses gave him a blood transfusion and his numbers came back to ok numbers. In the meting with the surgeon we were told that this all happened because of the surgery on his heart and the drain surgery. The surgeon said that the surgery causes a build up of fluid in the body and makes it harder to absorb the oxygen that the ventilator is giving him. So what I got from the talk is that we should hold off and let koa get rid of the fluid so that he can absorb the oxygen better. I am just praying that Koa will stay strong and keep the doctors and nurses alert and able to help Koa. I have put it into God's hands and I'm asking him to guide the doctors, Courtnie and I to do what is best.
Thank you to every one at Meadow Lakes Baptist Church for the gifts of love and all of the prayers from every one
Thanks again
Koa, Courtnie and Jeremiah

God is looking over little Koa and us

This morning Koa was scheduled to have surgery on his tummy because of the hole in his intestine. When we got there to talk things over with the surgeon, we talked to the nurse and found out that Koa was needing more oxygen because he has some sleep apnea where he would stop breathing and start back up. But other than that his numbers are doing good except his glucose was climbing. At about 1 pm he needed to get a shot of insulin to bring it down. So things seem to be ok for now and we will just keep praying for Gods guidance and that all will be ok.
I will try to have another post later on tonight.
thanks to all for the love and prayers
Koa, Courtnie and Jeremiah

Koa and his mommy

a little brake

February 25, 2006
today Koa is having a pretty good day. He was switched over to a new ventilator an his numbers are looking better. This morning we found out that Koa was going to have surgery tomorrow to find out what was wrong in his tummy and fix it by bringing he intestine out of his side. This would make it so that he poops in a bag for a wail until he is bigger and his intestine are more mature and able to deal with food (milk). My wife and I are just praying that the doctors and Koa stay strong and that the leak in his tummy isn't to big or bad. The anticipation is insane it is almost making me crazy I don't know what to do be scared or sad or mad. But when I think about it all I can do is pray for the best and thus far it has helped.
tonight Courtnie was able to hold Koa for the first time since he was born. It seemed to be very good for him and Courtnie, but I think it was hard on her and I because we both knew that this could be the first and last time that he could have been held. But I know that God is great and that he does answer prayers. He has proven this to my wife and I over and over because he has let us get this far.
tomorrow is mine and courtnie's 1 year anniversary so I hope that we will have a great present that we will never forget from God. I hope that God will let us have our little boy. He is the joy in my life and has thought me a lot and I want him to teach me even more.
As I say good night tonight Koa is heavy on my mind and I will be praying that all will go well tomorrow.
Thank you God for this day that I have had with my wife and Koa.
Thanks to all the prayers from all of you.
I hope to bring good news tomorrow
we love you all
Koa, Courtnie and me

Koa's face

Pictures of Koa

Koa and his mommy (Courtnie)

The "roller coaster" continues

February 24, 2006
this morning I was awaken by the phone. Instantly I knew there was something wrong. It was Koa's Doctor, he says that he is sad to tell me that in an x-ray that they took early in the morning showed that there was air in Koa's little abdomen. This is something that was a maybe yesterday but we prayed that it wouldn't be what it was. The air in his abdomen was caused by gases that were escaping from a hole in Koa's intestine or stomach. So my wife and I got up and went to the hospital to meet with another surgeon. In the meting the surgeon tells us what he will do today to try to fix the problem to allow Koa to get recovered form his heart surgery and to get strong enough to deal with a second major surgery. The procedure that they did today was to let the fluid out of Koa's abdomen by putting a small drain tube into the right side of his tummy. Before the surgery the surgeon tells my wife and I that with this procedure there is only 30 % of little ones that make it through. But the alternative is to do a surgery that thy take the intestine out of the tummy and inspect it to find the hole and then place that part on the out side of the body and then Koa would poop in a bag for a little wail until he got older. But this procedure only 5 percent of little ones make it after that surgery. So now he has the drainage tube in until he is old and stronger enough to handle the other surgery better. But we will just keep praying and put it in the hands of God and help him to guide the doctors and nurses and my wife and I to do and make the right decisions.

Koa's heart

February 22, 2006
Today I was awaken by my wife talking on the phone. I could hear from her tone that there was something wrong. She hung up and said to me that we had to go to talk to the doctor about Koa. My heart started to break when I asked her what was wrong, and she told me that the doctor had taken an x-ray of Koa's heart and that they were going to do an ultra sound of his heart to see how his lungs were doing. This is because yesterday Koa's lungs had a high blood pressure in them and that they were going to treat him for that. So we wake up and walk over to the hospital to talk to the doctor and when we get there. We talk to the doctor and she says that the high blood pressure is now back to normal. But that's not all that she had to say then she tells us that the other doctor that works with her wants to talk to us about doing heart surgery on our 7 day old son. So we do and find out all the reasons for doing this procedure. In clouding that if we don't he could die because with the PDA not fixed it is causing his heart to work harder to get him enough oxygen. So we ask all sorts of questions about risks of waiting and what not. So I am thinking that this might be something that they do in the next few days but no it seems like it needs done today so we say ok and let the procedure be done with the guidance of the man upstairs. And it all turned out ok. After surgery my wife and I see that Koa's little tummy is turning blue purple so I ask the nurse what it is from and she says that it could be his stomach has a hole in it. So as I sit here I pray and hope that God will be with him through tonight and that it isn't any thing bad. I will tell more tomorrow as I know more.

This is my son Koa Ikaika Bachert

THE "roller coaster"

February 22, 2006 1:30AM
It has been one week today that my son Koa Ikaika Bachert was born.
3 Weeks ago I was a mere boy that didn't know how precious life was. Yet I thought I knew the world and I was ignorant. I thought life was a journey that you go through and that is about it. I worried about bills and what was for dinner and how much money I had, what toys I didn't have.
On February second my wife and I went in to find out what the sex of our first child was this day was supposed to be the best day of our life. Instead it was the beginning of the "roller coaster" that has made me grow up. I realized in the past few weeks a lot of things like that my wife is the strongest person I have ever met. She stayed in bed laid with her feet up at a 5 degree angle for 3 weeks and she will forever be my hero. She stayed strong and kept me strong with the help of God to keep our son alive. I have also learned that God does things for reasons. Some times his reasons conflicted with ours but he knows best. And I am in forever debt to God for keeping Courtnie strong and helping and giving me so much in my life and watching over my son. And I have so many people to thank for there thoughts and prayers that I don't know how I could ever write that much. But it is late and I need to go tend to my wife so I will continue the story of Koa Ikaika Bachert my son my life my little Strong Worrier.