Thank you all who have been praying for Macario. God has definitely answered ours prayers. Macario now weighs 2.11 lbs, and is off of his ivs, and the lights. All he has now is the feeding tube. He is such a little fighter and God has a protecting hand around him.

I can't wait until we can bring him home. He has to weigh at least 4 lbs and be at least 35 weeks old he is now 32. Keep praying for him that he would grow even stronger and gain much more weight. Ill keep you all updated.

Love you
Aps

Still no updates on the progression of the bleeding, but there haven't been signs of swelling so that's a major praise. They upgraded his food intake to 5 millimeters a day now, because he has been digesting so well. They took him off of the blue lights, so my mom got to hold him today. they are also going to be weening him off of the IV's so that's wonderful news. Praise God.

thank you for all of your prayers and support. continue to pray. i will daily update this for all of you to stay informed. feel free to leave comments or anything !

love you,
aps

Even though yesterday held some bad news, and there have not been any updates on how that whole process is going there are some ups about today. Macario's feeding has gone up to 2 millimeters a day now, and my mom was able to hold hime for about 15 minutes today. She is going to be giving him a bath today, which he isnt too fond of sometimes :] !

thank you so much for all of your prayers and support, we really appreciate it and he needs it right now. please continue to pray for Macario and the rest of our family. There are going to be a lot of ups and downs during this whole process but God definitely has a plan for it all and prayer will be our biggest help.

love you,
aps

My baby brother

This is my amazing little brother, Macario. He was born on October 5, 2008 at 1:20 pm. he weighed only 2 lbs 7 ounces.

This already tiny boy is now down to 2 lbs 3 ounces. We found out today that he has some bleeding in his brain and some possible swelling. This may correct itself and then again may not. Even if it does correct itself he could have some long term effects with his legs and even cognitively.

This post is a simple update of my brother, short but with a ton of meaning to me. I ask that you would be praying for this little man, my Turtle, that he would be strengthened and that God would just keep His protective hands around him. Also, please keep my family in your prayers,especially the Mommy and Daddy that they would through this come closer to Christ and trust in Him.

Love you,
aps