Welcome!

Welcome to Miracle Wolf - the blog dedicated to our newborn son, Wyatt. Why Miracle Wolf? Well, the miracle part is easy, considering Wyatt was given almost no chance to live more than a week or two past birth. He's our miracle.

So why Wolf? His full name is Wyatt Lynn Flude. We liked the name Wyatt (I mean, who doesn't think Wyatt Earp is one of the coolest characters in American history? Plus Doc Holliday Flude sounded funny). Lynn is his grandfather's (on his mom's side) middle name. His initials are W.L.F. He's our wolf. After seeing him attack his pacifier, you'll agree that the moniker is appropriate.

So why create a blog? Because we (Daniel and Julia, Wyatt's parents) have a ton of free time, what with our other two boys (Ben, 3, and Micah, 2) and Wyatt to care for. Wait...no that's not it.

Actually, there are several reasons. The first, and most important, is that we have been extremely blessed by the outpouring of love and support, particularly in the form of prayer, our family has received during this time. This blog is primarily to keep you, our family and friends, apprised of Wyatt's health and progress. Hopefully the good news will encourage you and be a constant testimony of God's goodness in our lives and his faithfulness to answer prayer.

Secondly, the sheer volume of support we have received is so widespread that we just can't keep track of it all! There are people we've never met in states we've never visited praying for us. Our sincere hope is that a link to this blog gets passed along to each of those people. It was just too much to try to include everyone in a mass email.

Thirdly, it will be a great way for us to document our emotions and reactions during this phase of our lives. We have no idea where this journey is going to eventually lead, and it will be great to have a record of the highs and lows, the hopes and doubts, the exultations and the fears.

Finally, it will be a great way for us to hear from those of you who we may not get the privilege of meeting. Please feel free to leave your comments. We will do our best to respond to as many of them as we can.

We hope to get the design of the site customized here in the next few weeks, so bear with us. Enjoy what's here and don't be shy about offering suggestions or tips. Thank you for visiting!