How it all began and how we can help!

Okay so due to this blog being from a third party I will try to be as accurate with the information as possible and maybe I'll even be able to convince Andrew that he should do some posts as well! :)
K so a couple weeks ago Jamie went in to the hospital to get checked out since she had been having steady contractions for 4 hours and she was only 28 weeks along. The docs monitored her and Seth and on occasion during the monitoring Seth's heart would decelerate a bunch. This was alarming and they kept Jamie overnight for more observation. What was hoped to be one night of hospital stay turned in to 9 days. There were several times where they thought they would need to do an emergency c-section but thankfully at the time his heart would pick up again and so they allowed him to stay. In preparation for a possible early c-section Jamie received a series of steroid shots that would help his little lungs function if he needed to come into the world so soon.
Well at the end of 9 days things seemed to be going well and so they discharged Jamie with the rule of bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy and 2 doctors visits a week to keep close eye on Seth. On one of these visits Seth's heart decelerated 4 dangerous times. That was it. That was the clincher. He was not thriving in the womb he needed to come asap. So she was rushed to receive an emergency c-section. Now poor Jamie has had 2 successful vaginal births prior...she did NOT want to have a c-section but what had to be done had to be done. Thankfully they were able to do a horizontal incision instead of a vertical one (they thought they might have to do vertical due to how early he was) so this means her chances for a v-bac in the future are very high!

So on June 14th weighing at 9:48pm mere 3 lbs 4 oz. Thankfully he and Jamie are doing very well considering his almost 10 week prematurity! He was put on oxygen and had a breathing tube in but within 48 hours he no longer needed his breathing tube the little warrior and may even lose the oxygen tomorrow! He was diagnosed with jaundice yesterday and received ultraviolet treatment and already his jaundice is very much improving.

They are still working with him on digesting his food. He is fed through a tube for now and will not be able to take a bottle or nurse for at least 4 more weeks. Until then Jamie will have to pump every 3 hours or so around the clock so that he will have the food he needs. Jamie and Drew are doing pretty well with it all. They are little warriors themselves. I just cannot imagine having to go through this and I just know it is NOT easy! I want so badly to be there with them. To be there physically would just make me feel so much better but they are in Missouri and I am in Utah. With limited funds I am not able to fly out...not sure how much help I'd be once I got there anyway! I have been thinking and praying about a way I could help them. And suddenly this idea came to me. Funds are tight with them as I know they are with so many of us. They will want to go see Seth daily once Jamie is dismissed but gas money will be something they will need to come up with. Not to mention premie clothes and diapers that they will surely need once he is able to come home. I know that together we can help lift at least their financial burden a little bit. The money goes straight to Andrew's paypal account. I promise it does not go to me in anyway. Thank you for loving this family as much as I and my family do! Millers you are loved by so many! Thank you for being the amazing friends and examples that you are to us! You are in our prayers!