Well, we can start by wishing my Dad Happy Birthday. Of course one of y'all will have to call him and tell him I wished him Happy Birthday in an email because Dad doesn't get email and at least to my knowledge has never turned on a computer. He used to be pretty quick with a slide rule though. Now, please know I did call Dad this morning and wish him a Happy Birthday.
You know, it is amazing how your cares can melt away when you are able to hold your week old baby in your arms for the first time. I hope you can see some of Pamela's expression in the attached picture. That smile looks like it is permanently attached. That is Carissa with the breathing tube that she is holding, not a baby snuffaluffagus. It is amazing the difference a week can make. Last Friday we were celebrating getting the magnesium sulfate turned off Pamela's IV line in the morning and then we were rushing into an emergency c-section that evening very concerned about what condition our daughter would be in at delivery. It is indeed amazing what a difference a week can make when the Almighty God shows His love, mercy, and the ability to heal in response to the requests of many of His children. We want to thank God for everything that has happened these last 17 days and for once again just being God, being faithful, being our constant in a world of variables and unknowns. We want to thank y'all also for interceding for us, especially Carissa.
Pamela did get to hold her today. You may be surprised that Pamela once again skipped nap time, this time to keep holding Carissa. I stopped in mid-day to try to visit with Dr. Adams before the weekend so I got to see her hold Carissa for the first time and then I got to hold her a couple of hours this evening myself. If I hadn't been so scared of dropping off to sleep and them hooking up tubes and machines to me while I slept I think I could have held her a lot longer. Carissa is still taking milk through the tube to the stomach and is doing ok with that. I just received a call from the hospital as I was writing this and her platelet count is high enough that she doesn't have to get a plasma transfusion tonight. I believe that she also said that the rbc (red blood cells) count was higher but we did not have a very good connection so I am not 100% sure on that. Carissa is still doing well on the cpop or cpap or whatever that breathing tube thing is called (I can correctly say thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura but I don't know what that breathing thingy is called). She calls it a medieval torture device and even offered me money to remove it from her. I told her it made her look younger and lighter and that helped persuade her to keep it in place. I was faced with that first question you don't know how to answer your daughter when she asked me if her diaper made her look fat. Lucky for me one of the annoying alarms went off and distracted her before I had to answer.
Every day we have been privileged to see steps, baby steps if you will, in the right direction. Every day we have been blessed to see your and our prayers answered. Let's make sure and every day thank God for these steps.
Please thank
You know, it is amazing how your cares can melt away when you are able to hold your week old baby in your arms for the first time. I hope you can see some of Pamela's expression in the attached picture. That smile looks like it is permanently attached. That is Carissa with the breathing tube that she is holding, not a baby snuffaluffagus. It is amazing the difference a week can make. Last Friday we were celebrating getting the magnesium sulfate turned off Pamela's IV line in the morning and then we were rushing into an emergency c-section that evening very concerned about what condition our daughter would be in at delivery. It is indeed amazing what a difference a week can make when the Almighty God shows His love, mercy, and the ability to heal in response to the requests of many of His children. We want to thank God for everything that has happened these last 17 days and for once again just being God, being faithful, being our constant in a world of variables and unknowns. We want to thank y'all also for interceding for us, especially Carissa.
Pamela did get to hold her today. You may be surprised that Pamela once again skipped nap time, this time to keep holding Carissa. I stopped in mid-day to try to visit with Dr. Adams before the weekend so I got to see her hold Carissa for the first time and then I got to hold her a couple of hours this evening myself. If I hadn't been so scared of dropping off to sleep and them hooking up tubes and machines to me while I slept I think I could have held her a lot longer. Carissa is still taking milk through the tube to the stomach and is doing ok with that. I just received a call from the hospital as I was writing this and her platelet count is high enough that she doesn't have to get a plasma transfusion tonight. I believe that she also said that the rbc (red blood cells) count was higher but we did not have a very good connection so I am not 100% sure on that. Carissa is still doing well on the cpop or cpap or whatever that breathing tube thing is called (I can correctly say thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura but I don't know what that breathing thingy is called). She calls it a medieval torture device and even offered me money to remove it from her. I told her it made her look younger and lighter and that helped persuade her to keep it in place. I was faced with that first question you don't know how to answer your daughter when she asked me if her diaper made her look fat. Lucky for me one of the annoying alarms went off and distracted her before I had to answer.
Every day we have been privileged to see steps, baby steps if you will, in the right direction. Every day we have been blessed to see your and our prayers answered. Let's make sure and every day thank God for these steps.
Please thank
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