Day 50

116 ounces
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3.28 kilograms
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3280 grams
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7 pounds 4oz!!!!!

I am a believer. Ok. So I'm always the one who sort of nods and smiles (but inside is rolling her eyes) when the "crunchy" people start talking about herbs. I tend to be very sarcastic and not believe people who say, this herb or that herb or this "potion" blah blah blah.


HOWEVER!

Fenugreek works. I started taking it at 9pm Saturday night and by 9pm Monday night I'd done a 180 degree turn in my milk production. Joshua has MORE THAN HE NEEDS today! I'm pumping what's left and saving it for later!
He's gained 7oz in 6 days!!!!!

Please pray for - what looks like - infection on Joshua's cele again. Rather than keep him on continuous (and eventually ineffective) antiobiotics, they've given him a topic antiobiotic to kill off the staph that naturally grows on his skin. Hopefully this will keep it from getting infected any further.

In answer to a few questions in the comments:
At present there aren't surgical options. I don't post information about tests we're having done or surgeon's we contact because I don't want opinions on that. I don't want the world to walk through dashed hopes with me. Our family is walking through it with us. But be assured, we're doing everything in our power to insure that there is no stone unturned. I will have a nervous breakdown, if in 5 years it comes to light that something could have been done for Joshua.

Rest assured. I'm not sitting around ignoring the possibilities. But at present there aren't any good alternatives. Joshua's happy, he's healthy, he's not in pain. And that's the best we can do for him now. He's a miracle. And each day is precious. If we don't get to keep him longterm, we're prepared for that. We're not okay with it, which is why we're looking into other possibilities. But I won't post that stuff until I have something more concrete to tell the world.