Ryker got to meet his baby brother today. We kept asking if he wanted to "see Carter." He must have been getting pretty excited about this "Carter" because when we finally took him down to the NIICU (Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit, for all you CHOP [Children's Hospital of Philadelphia] newbies) and he saw this crying baby, he informed me he still wanted to "see Carter." I guess meaning he couldn't believe this is what all the fuss was about..."Carter" must be something more exciting than a crying baby. So, needless to say, they didn't bond on the first meeting.

An interesting side note for all you LCBCers out there...my parents and I ran into Caleb and Lynn Walker in the elevator. Caleb is the young man I alluded to in my original post...one of the reasons we consulted with CHOP in the first place.

Lastly, we've been informed that Carter will be going for an MRI tomorrow morning around 8am. You might be thinking, "I thought you needed to be very still during an MRI, and a baby isn't very still." You'd be right. They'll be sedating him so he'll sleep through the procedure. Seems relatively safe, with the most likely side effect being a very sleepy baby all day tomorrow.

Thanks for all the notes of support and all of the prayers uttered on our behalf today.