This afternoon, (Sunday) Samantha and I left Lila with Wayne, and went to the hospital to visit Emily. This morning they had taken out the oxygen tubes, and Emily is doing great breathing on her own! This is the first praise of the day!
After feeding her, the nurse told us if we had brought clothes to go ahead and play dress up - we were on our own! She actually walked away and left us all by ourselves!!
Thus the second praise of the day!
Samantha changed Emily's diaper, then we dressed her in an outfit Aunt Summer and Uncle B got for her. She looked so adorable!! We CAREFULLY took her out of the omnibed - I promise this is the name of her pricey little environment - and held her and took lots of pictures. This isn't so hard, except for making sure all the wires are where they should be and not tangled. Emily slept the whole time we were playing with her! The monitors went off a couple of times, but though it excited me a little, Emily's nurse said everything was fine! She also told us we are beginning a long spell where hopefully there will be no daily news flash and Emily will just be hanging out in the NICU, eating and growing.
Things we learned today:
Emily can breathe on her own!
She doesn't like her diaper changed, but doesn't mind being dirty, either!
We learned that Emily's daily caloric intake is 22!
Emily looks good in white.
Most of the preemie clothes we bought are huge, but Emily does have one outfit she can wear right now.
Emily now weighs 3lbs, 8oz.
The next step in a day or two will be to see how Emily does in a regular NICU unit that doesn't automatically control the temperature for her.
Emily's progress continues to amaze us. It seems whenever they tell us she will progress to a new step in a few days or in a week, Emily reaches her goal in one day or two. As Samantha has expressed, we are in awe of His faithfullness to hear and give Emily not only what she needs, but in abundance. We are so very thankful.
Pray for Emily to continue to grow and gain weight and stay healthy and safe.
Please continue to pray for all of us.
This scripture has a profound new meaning to me:
"Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary."
Pray specifically for all of us to gain new stregnth each night so that we can run each day and not become weary.
Love, Judy
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