{"id":293,"date":"2012-10-27T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2012-10-28T21:43:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T21:43:32","slug":"a-good-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobhickford.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Baby Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jake is sitting up!\u00a0 He’s been down and out, flat on his back, curled in fetal for days.\u00a0 But today he was sitting up watching movies with Daddy.\u00a0 He’s weak and\u00a0he’s not eating or drinking but he’s up.\u00a0 We\u00a0gave him a trim and it’s not pretty!\u00a0 He sat in my lap and\u00a0we\u00a0started cutting.\u00a0 His hair was shedding all over and it was getting in his mouth, down his shirt, itching\u00a0everywhere and there were some patchy, balding, rubbed off spots, so we needed to clean him up a bit.\u00a0 He has been really upset with the thought of cutting his hair but the messiness and aggrevation turned to him being OK with getting it out of his way.\u00a0 A friend told me that would happen.\u00a0 I’m glad I didn’t push too early, with all of the decisions that have been taken from him, he was able to make this one.\u00a0\u00a0I will say, his hair masked his sickness in many ways.\u00a0 Now you see his beautiful eyes and they tell the tale of the past two weeks.\u00a0 You see his small frame and how much smailler he’s become.\u00a0 Our prayer this week is for the mouth and throat ulcers to heal so he will eat.\u00a0 There is word that we may go home in a few days\u00a0with an IV.\u00a0 That is scary but he needs nutrition.\u00a0 And at this point, we’ll take it…it’s all about baby steps and\u00a0we want him home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jake is sitting up!\u00a0 He’s been down and out, flat on his back, curled in fetal for days.\u00a0 But today he was sitting up watching movies with Daddy.\u00a0 He’s weak and\u00a0he’s not eating or drinking but he’s up.\u00a0 We\u00a0gave him a trim and it’s not pretty!\u00a0 He sat in my lap and\u00a0we\u00a0started cutting.\u00a0 His hair … <\/p>\n

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