Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Weeeee!
Dr. Gandhi says I am "peeing like a Champ". He Keeps decreasing my Dopamine drip and my Blood Pressure is still holding steady. Sorry the picture was slow to come, but Dad has been having a little problem with his technical devices. Had to find a USB cable to get new pics off the camera. We will continue to post any new information that we get. Please keep posting comments for Mom and Dad as they are getting stir crazy just sitting and waiting.
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WE are so glad it is getting better! Keep up the good work Madox!
Ms Peggy and Ms Terri
P.S. Mom and Dad make sureyou are resting!
1st, congrats on the birth of your cute lil' guy - he is a doll - and love his name! So glad to hear that his surgery was so successful - sounds like he is progressing by leaps and bounds. He's already getting used to being tough so he can give Kaden & Cydne a run for their money! Just want you to know that you are all in our thoughts & prayers. Wishing Madox a speedy recovery and hope he gets to come home soon. Roger, Devra & Nicole Muench
Glad to hear Madox is doing well. Mom and Dad get some rest, i just cant imagine the stress your under. Gob Bless you all, and your in are prayers daily!
The Franklins
Way to go Madox!!! I knew you could do it. I told Kyle you were producing more "pee" and he said you need to "pee in the bushes, just like me" yeah I know, sometimes the bushes get a little watering from him - just cant make it to bathroom once he gets outside - I really think he just likes peeing on the bushes. Anyways, keep improving.
Love ya bunches
Kim and Kyle
Just wanted to drop a line to let you know we are still thinking of you!
Love you all!
Angie, Abbie, and Jacque
Maddox you are to cute.... You are amazing the progess you are showing. Keep up the good work
love ya Uncle Keith
Madox, Kurt & Jen, We are so glad everything is going great. Now it is time to catch up on some sleep. Pat and Chris Carmody and Kelly Ferguson : - )
Dear Jen and Kurt,
What a beautiful blessing God has given you!!!!!! Madox is sooooo cute! I'm sure I don't need to tell you that! You are in our thoughts and prayers and we hope you all get to come home soon. Please let us know if there is anything, anything at all we can do.
Love,
Bob, Lisa, Logan and Carson Dowell
We are soooo glad to hear that he is doing great!!!! He's a tough little guy!! Hang in there mom and dad you'll be home before you know it....and Jen will be going stir crazy at home!!
Love,
Matt, Kelli, and Kayli Davis
Way to go Madox! You will probably never be asked to pee so much the rest of your long eventful life. Things are looking up, I told you you didnt need any luck. You are a CHAMP. Just keep up the good work. Hope to see you soon. By the way, you are looking good!
Kurt and Jennifer, it sounds like he is healing exceptionally well. Hang in there, he will be home before you know it and all of this will be in the past.
Love ya,
Linsay
Hey guys! We were so happy to hear that his surgery went so well! You have been in our thoughts everyday, we are praying for you,for a fast and speedy recovery-looks like the little guy is listening! He is so adorable and we love his name, it sounds strong just like him. Take care and REST.
Love ya! Lonnie and Charity
Way to go little slugger! You are going to be out of there before we know it. We have been thinking and talking about you all day! We wish we were there to see your handsome face! Brenna keeps telling people about her cousin "Madox Alan". My students keep asking about you! A lot of people in Matt's department at Walgreens have asked about you. Not even a week old, but you have touched several hundered lives already! Boy, are you popular!! We can't wait to give you hugs and kisses! Keep up the good work! Get some good rest and we'll catch up with you in the morning. Sweet dreams!!!
Love, Aunt Lori, Uncle Matt, Brenna and Gavin
Good night little cuz...
glad u r doin good
can't wait to c ya
luv your cousin Garrett
ps.. lets make a pact and pee the bed tonight
Good evening Ratliff's and Welcome Baby Madox! This was my first chance to catch up on your blogs and you've been through an awful lot for a little guy. Aunt Jennifer has been keeping me posting. I have been thinking about you all and am so glad to hear things are going well. Love- Jennifer Redman(one more Aunt Jennifer)
Hi this is Colton (your cousin) again. Good night. My mom says I should go to bed so I will not miss my bus. Love you, Colton
Glad to hear the urine is flowing. Aiming it will become the greater challenge in time.
- Matt
Dear Madox, Jen, and Kurt,
Uncle Jimmy and Penny both went back to work today to find everyone looking at your pictures, reading about how you're all doing, and telling us what a CUTE baby you are, Madox (and what wonderful parents, family, and big sister and big brother you have). We're so thankful that things are getting better - you're all so awesome! Sleep tight tonight, and we'll check in on you first thing in the morning. We're all praying for you, and we'll see you soon.
Love, Uncle Jimmy, Penny, Colton, Bryan and Dalton
Hey Ratliff Family! I got word from Jenn about your little guy Madox and his journey thus far...what a strong little man he is. I'm glad to hear things went well during and post surgery. I will keep checking in on his progress and I will keep your family in my prayers.
God Bless
Sue (Becherer)Propes
I'm really glad that you are listening to your doctors now. From the sounds of it...you are still being quite the trooper! Hang in there and rest up tonight. If you would tell your Mommmy and Daddy hello for me...also put in there that you want them to get some much needed rest :) Well, have a restful night and I will check in with you in the morning. Uncle Keith is coming to see you tomorrow, so I have given him strict instructions to give you our hugs and kisses since Garrett and I can't be there. Love you so much and I will see you this weekend!
Sweet dreams peanut!
Aunt Liz
Madox,
I am getting ready to go to sleep. I hope you are resting well. I just want to tell you what a strong little guy you are. I know your family is so proud of all your hard work. I told nurse Laura to turn off your warming lights today and you would wake up and you did. Mom and I both knew you were too comfy to get extubated under those lights!! Hope everything continues to progress. My family and I continue to pray for you. See you Thursday.
Love you,
Shannon RN
What a day! I was so glad to read about the great progress. We are still praying continually for all of you. This bible verse has really helped me in troubled times -
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
I hope it will also help you. May God continue to bless you all during this difficult time.
Love, Jeni Moore & family
Here's a brief run down - with a little bit of light humor, to hopefully give everyone a quick laugh before bedtime.
Within first hour - meet parents, grandparents, and siblings. CHECK
First morning - get circumcission, turn blue. CHECK
For the afternoon - Helicopter ride to St. Louis - GO CARDINALS. CHECK
Day 2 - Meet Doctor Doctor,
brief course on wires and tubes, hey this noodle thing is pretty cool. CHECK
Day 3 - Earthquake - did we land in California and what's a blog? After my first party lost a tube and finally had my first decent meal. CHECK
Day 4 - More food and more family, life is good. CHECK
Day 5 - Saw big sis and bro in cool looking masks, hope mom and dad saved me one. Getting the hang of this, plus the nurses dig me. CHECK
Day 6 - Some days you just have to do what needs to be done. Date with Dr. Gandhi, at least I'll be in good hands. Wonder if he found that balloon from Friday. Heard mom and dad rented a room for 14 and had a party, also heard they had a few party crashers, but I think Grandma took care of them. What a day.
Day 7 - I need to stay awake, it seems lately everytime I take a long nap I wake up with more wires and tubes. Ever get stage fright, try having 50+ people asking if you have gone number #1, talk about pressure. Made Grandpa Patridge post a comment on a blog, who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks. CHECK
Brought friends and family together, met some great people, made hundreds of people cruise my blog - all in the first week. Let's see who can top that.
Uncle Ken
Dear Madox,
My name is Adison and I'm about 3½ months older than you, but I heard you'll be joining me in the baby room at All His Children. You need to hurry up and get in here because all of these other babies are constantly waking me up and today I lost my socks... Anyway, maybe we'll be buddies when you get here. Mom says you're awfully cute, but I'll have to see for myself.
See you soon! Adison Sanchez (ha!)
Kurt & Jennifer,
We're really glad to hear that Madox is doing so well. We really feel for you guys. I know it's hard to hear that anything maybe wrong with your newborn baby, but it looks like you've got a little fighter. We just wanted to let you know that we're continuing to think of you and we're praying for a speedy recovery.
Renae & Rob
Good morning Kurt and Jen! So glad to hear Madox is off the vent, peeing, and improving. Thank you for the all the updates! I had John's first birthday pictures taken yesterday. Amazed at where the time has gone. I'm praying that these days in the NICU will be a distant memory for Madox and your family soon. God is still Good! All our love, Amy, Morrie, and boys
Good morning! We hope you had a restful night. Gosh Madox, you're one week old today! :) We'll be checking in on you and saying our prayers.
Love ya, Uncle Jimmy and Penny, Colton, Bryan, and Dalton
You rock!!!!!! It is great to hear you are peeing like a champ. Keep up the good work!!!!
Tell mom and dad to get their rest, because I have a feeling you and Kaden are going to keep them on their toes!!!!!!
The Gustafson's
PS You have to get better soon so you can come up north and go boating!!!!
Good morning, tough guy! We are still thinking of you and wanting to give you big hugs and kisses. I hope you continue to get stronger and stronger! You're are going to need that strength to keep up with the Ratliff/Patridge clans! They have big plans for you! So, keep the updates coming, so we aren't playing guessing games! We will see you sometime this weekend!
Love, Aunt Lori, Uncle Matt, Brenna and Gavin
Madox-
Get yourself back to Sherman soon! You have lots of family and friends waiting for you and praying for your health.
Take Care-
Dan, Caitlin and Dylan McCain, Kim and Justin Beggs
Happy one week birthday Madox! Hope this is your best day yet! It's time to rise and shine and let us know how you are feeling today!! :) Tell Dad he's doing a great job relaying your messages.
Luv ya, Mike and Karen
Madox,
Hope you are doing well this morning, I'm praying you clear a few more hurdles today. Hang in there, good times are fast approaching.
Uncle Ken
Good morning little cutie!! I hope your night went well and Mom and Dad got some sleep. I am so amazed at your strength. Such a little guy and you've accomplished more in a week than probably all of us grown ups keeping watch over you. Keep up the good work and you'll be home in no time.
Love and kisses!!
Aunt Jennifer
Way to go Madox! You are a Champ! You show 'em...now tell Mom & Dad to go rest. What a glorious wonder you are. Thank you, God.
All His Children
Good morning peanut! We hope you, mommy and daddy had a restful night. Uncle Keith, great Aunt Connie, and great Uncle Mike are on their way to see you. Make sure that Uncle Keith gives you our love...make sure and let me know if he doesn't because he will be in big trouble :)! Well, I better get back to teaching. Behave today and I can't here how you're doing.
Oh yeah...Garrett was wondering if you held up your end of the "bedtime peeing" pact? He's anxious to find out :)
xoxo
Aunt Liz & Garrett
from kp and Pat....good Wednesday morning.....hope everyone got a little rest.....you are all in our prayers....love, hugs, & kisses....
So glad things are flowing so well. It sounds like the good news just keeps getting better and better.
We've been praying and will continue to do so until you tell us to quit.
I forgot to "sign" my comment - abvout being glad that things are flowing so well for you. Sorry!!
Darrel Brandon
Jen and Kurt,
I can only imagine the stress and worry you guys have went through. I am glad to hear things are going so well for little Madox. He is adorable and looks just like you Jen, so you know he is going to be cute as ever! I have sent this on to a couple of people that we went to school with and we are all praying for your family.
Shelley Shroyer
Good morning Madox! I hope you and your Mommy and Daddy had a good night's sleep. You are an amazing little guy, not to mention very adorable.
It seems that I too must have been experiencing sleep deprivation, because I did not send your cousin, Colton's first message properly. I will try to remember what he had typed to you. I hope you forgive my quicker than Colton did. Take care and have a great day. May God continue to bless all of you Linda Reimer -
Hi this is Colton (your cousin) and my Mom. You sure are cute. I can't wait to come see you and meet you. We hope you get better soon. It sounds like you are doing very good. See you soon. Love, Colton (Homie), your cousin and my Mom (Linda) I love you Colton
Jen & Kurt,
Shelley sent me the link to this blog. Your family has been in my thoughts and prayers. I must say that you have a beautiful family and very strong baby boy. I can only begin to fathom the stress and worry you have endured over this last week. I hope that little Madox is home soon.
Melanie "Willis" Joudy
Hey Mighty Madox!!!!!
You are looking good!!! Dad and Mom are a little tired but hanging in. Grandpa Patridge is wasting away to just a shadow of himself but Grandma is looking after him. It was great to see you but we will have to get Uncle Keith back home pretty soon. WE LOVE YOU!! Take good care of Mom and Dad. Later....Aunt Connie & Uncle Mike
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