Aaron turns 18!

Eighteen years ago today, on the Friday before Mother's day in 1991, Aaron was born at Butterworth Hospital. I was 32 weeks pregnant and he wasn't expected until July 3rd. Unfortunately the pediatrician took one look at this huge preemie of 5# and assessed as being only four week preemie. They put him under the "hood" for oxygen thinking it was enough. I was released on Mother's day to go home. We left around 7p.m. from the NICU leaving Aaron behind. By 10:30 p.m. we got a call from the hospital asking us to come back ASAP. Aaron wasn't doing well. By the time we got down there they had him on a respirator! We almost lost him that night. That was our Mother's day in 1991 and now 18 years later it's his birthday on Mother's day!!! It was six weeks in NICU and 3 more months on the heart monitor and oxygen. But look at him now!
How blessed we are. Thank you, God. Look at this young man. You are awesome!