Jordan Kleckley

I would like to say THANK YOU to every single person that has been praying for Jordan. He is an amazing little boy. God has prepared him to be a fighter. There is no way we could have ever gotten this far without the prayers and support. Please continue to pray!

It has been a long and stressful day! We got to see Jordan this morning for an hour or so before he went to surgery. We knew that he needed positive energy so we went to see him with smiles on our faces. They let me hold him for a while before he went to surgery. We told him how awesome he was and how much we loved him. We were able to follow him to the operating room and once we got to the desk we had to say our goodbyes. The nursing staff kept saying you are the calmest parent we have ever seen but it was amazing that morning when we woke up there was a peace and calmness in us. I knew that God was with Jordan and the medical staff. I have seen the power of prayer for the past 6 day and its been an amazing experience. Surgery lasted approx. 6 hours - they called me hourly with updates. The phone would ring and your heart would stop, you would listen to the nurse with the update and you could get a sigh of relief, then you watched the time minute by minute until the next update. They carefully chose their words with the updates saying things like "everything is going as expected." Around 2 pm we talked to Dr Kirshbom and he said Jordan's surgery went as expected. They did have to leave his chest open but the nurses keep telling us it's better for him. You can never imagine going in and seeing your newborn son so helpless and actually seeing his heart pumping in his chest. It was an overwhelming experience to sit there in a daze and watch the nurses work on your son. They are constantly changing medications, his O2 levels, checking his chest tubes and drain tubes. There are tubes and wires all over him. It's a very humbling experience and all you can do is praise God for each minute. I have always heard the saying "what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger" well we have become firm believers in this saying. God has a purpose for this Little Guy! The first 36 hours are very critical - this is the time they are trying to find his "sweet" spot with all of his stats. When you sit there you watch numbers and hear alarms and pray that it's not the "bad" alarms. This is a lifestyle I never thought I would have to experience. We are adjusting and I can't imagine not sitting by his side and just looking at him. Due to the risk of infection, we can't even touch him. It's a terrible feeling when your arms ache to hold him and you can't even touch him.

We know the journey ahead of us it going to be long and hard but we know God has his hand on Jordan. God is guiding us to down unknown paths but we find comfort in so many little things. With the support of our amazing family and friends, we know that prayers are being lifted up and they are taking care of the "little things". Especially a BIG thanks to my mother as she sits and waits patiently to help get anything we need or want. The nurse told us the other day we could put some socks on him so Dee ran to the gift shop and bought his some socks. His first pair of socks he ever wore came from his Dee...could be trouble! She has already spoiled him so I guess its too late now. Thank you so much to Mallory and Greg as they run around like crazy people at home seeing about the mail, the dogs and anything else that comes up! Keep all of the prayers coming for us and all the other heart families!!!