Easten on his Birthday

Easten turns "1"

On Friday June 6th our little Easten man turned "1". This was a huge milestone for our family. We were told that Holly & Rusty would probably never see this day. The Wednesday before Eastens birthday his belly started to grow. He went from 49 1/2cm to 54 1/2 cm. The day of his Birthday little Easten was so miserable. He could hardly move and as the night went on started to have problems breathing. After the birthday party Holly & Rusty made the choice to take Easten to Primarys. At 9:00 pm they headed for the ER at Primary Childrens. When they reached SLC Holly started to worry she felt his breathing was getting worse. Rusty knew that he needed to get to the hospital as fast as he could. He later told me that he prayed he would make it there in time. He said that every light along the way was green or just turning green as the approched it. I know Heavenly Father had a hand in getting Easten to Primarys fast enough. They admitted Easten at 4:00 am on June 7th. later that morning they did an ultrasound and found fluid in his stomach. They ended up tapping Easten to remove the fluid.
I arrived just minutes after they had taked Easten to the treatment room. Holly & Rusty were sitting in Eastens room with worry on there faces. I knew there was not much I could do for Easten but, I wanted my sister to know I was there for her.
When they brought Easten back to the room he looked so much better and you could tell he felt better. He even smiled at me. They removed 320cc of fluid from his belly. That is almost 11oz. He drank a bottle and slept for 5 hours. They drew his blood several times while I was there and today (June 8th) the labs looked good and he is on his way home.