Friday, May 2, 2008

Abigail is doing wonderful


Abigail did wonderful yesterday. The doctor came in the morning and put her down to 21% oxygen which is the same as room air. She still had the cannulla in her nose but it was on a flow of 2, and then 1. By the end of the evening the respiratory therapist came and took her cannulla off and she did fabulous. She is still having trouble breastfeeding and she was having some trouble even taking my milk from a bottle. They figured that her throat and vocal chords were pretty tender and inflamed from the tube being down her throat so they ordered her some ibprofin. After that she slept in my arms for 3 hours! We then tried to breast feed her for a good nother' hour but she would suck for just a tiny bit and then fall asleep. Finally at 11:30 we needed to leave so we could get some rest - and I had to PUMP!! :-) God is so good and we are thrilled that our little girl is getting very close to ready to go home so soon!! We have had wonderful doctors and nurses (more on that later) and God gets the glory for orchestrating all of it so beautifully. I will take a picture of her without her cannulla in today, but this is one from yesterday with a little piece of cloth they had given us to take home and sleep with to put our smell on.

4 comments:

Shanti said...

We're so happy to hear about the improvements! You are in our prayers. She is a darling baby, can't wait to meet her in person. and BTW, I LOVE her middle name! take it from someone who has always been and will always be harassed about names...people will ALWAYS have opinions...on everything...especially baby names. You know your daughter better than anyone, and if courage is fitting, than there you go. I think it's beautiful and appropriate. We will continue to pray for her speedy progression and for yours as well. much love to you all.

marcie favelo said...

Go baby go...she looks so good and strong. As for her middle name, it fits her and she is courageous. And cute. I'm her grammie, so it's all good to me. Ciao

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to hear Abigail is improving so fast and doing great! We can't wait to meet her. She is so beautiful. You are all in our prayers. Take care and give Abigail big hugs from me and the boys.

Anonymous said...

PTL! That is so good to hear that she is improving so much. We'll keep praying for all of you.

Love the pictures! And that's great that Noah got to come for a visit. Enjoyed seeing him and getting to know him a bit when we were up there.