Some of you know the roller coaster of a day we had on January 23rd. At 1:15am we were blessed by the birth of Phoenix Noah. Nearly seventeen hours later that day Joshua found out from Kristie's friend Jennifer that one of our homes in Los Angeles was on fire and was totally destroyed. Our other house right next to the one consumed by fire also suffered collateral fire damage.
From Wikipedia on the legend of the Phoenix
We named our child Phoenix several hours before the fire and out of the ashes of our loss in Los Angeles he will rise and grow strong.
The doctor on the second morning said Phoenix was 'floppier' than the other babies and he ordered several blood tests on lil' Phoenix Noah. We didn't hear any results all day on Wednesday.
Today the doctor came to the room at 7am to give us the daily report on Phoenix and he said everything was ok and that we would be able to go home today. We were very relieved and we know our prayers and the hundreds of prayers from family and friends were answered.
The doctor and Joshua believe his 'floppy' appearance to the nurses was probably caused by his traumatic birth. At birth Phoenix's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice and he had to be jump started to get going. The special prenatal units were called up and Kristie and I knew that wasn't good. Before they could get there the nurse had pumped a bit of oxygen into him and he started breathing and crying. Thank Goodness!
Phoenix is supposed to be here and he is one strong dude. We will trade in 100 houses, 100 times over, any day of the week for him.
However if we are blessed to have more children we plan to name our next goldstrike and hope to win the Power Ball lottery 17 hours later instead......lol
From Wikipedia on the legend of the Phoenix
In ancient Egyptian mythology and in myths derived from it, the phoenix or
phœnix is a mythical sacred firebird.
Said to live for 500 or 1461 years (depending on the source), the
phoenix is a bird with beautiful gold and red plumage. At the end of its
life-cycle the phoenix builds itself a nest of cinnamon twigs that it then
ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a
new, young phoenix arises. The new phoenix embalms the ashes of the old phoenix
in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis ("the
city of the sun" in Greek). The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or
wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — a symbol of fire
and divinity.
Although descriptions (and life-span) vary, the phoenix (Bennu bird)
became popular in early Christian art, literature and Christian symbolism, as a
symbol of Christ, and further, represented the resurrection, immortality, and
the life-after-death of Jesus Christ.
We named our child Phoenix several hours before the fire and out of the ashes of our loss in Los Angeles he will rise and grow strong.
The doctor on the second morning said Phoenix was 'floppier' than the other babies and he ordered several blood tests on lil' Phoenix Noah. We didn't hear any results all day on Wednesday.
Today the doctor came to the room at 7am to give us the daily report on Phoenix and he said everything was ok and that we would be able to go home today. We were very relieved and we know our prayers and the hundreds of prayers from family and friends were answered.
The doctor and Joshua believe his 'floppy' appearance to the nurses was probably caused by his traumatic birth. At birth Phoenix's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice and he had to be jump started to get going. The special prenatal units were called up and Kristie and I knew that wasn't good. Before they could get there the nurse had pumped a bit of oxygen into him and he started breathing and crying. Thank Goodness!
Phoenix is supposed to be here and he is one strong dude. We will trade in 100 houses, 100 times over, any day of the week for him.
However if we are blessed to have more children we plan to name our next goldstrike and hope to win the Power Ball lottery 17 hours later instead......lol
