"Gray skies are gonna clear up.... put on a happy face!"

Posted Jul 24, 2009 7:36pm

Today was a better day for Sarai, and for us. Her breathing was back to normal; still had a few dips, but that’s not unusual. It didn’t seem like they had any new test results. What they had so far still didn’t show any signs of infection and the results of the pneumogram (the test that will say if it’s a breathing problem or reflux) still wasn’t back yet. That should be back and read by tomorrow. Dr. LaGamma said to figure she’ll be in the hospital for another week to 10 days. I’m thinking more like 10 days. She’s got to be eating all her food by bottle, and so far she hasn’t finished a bottle yet. They try twice a day, but it depends on who her nurse is, it hasn’t been consistent. She’s got the suck, swallow, breathing down perfect, she just needs the stamina to make it through to the end of a feeding.

Sarai is now up to a whopping 4 lbs 3 oz! I can see her little face changing! Her checks are getting chubby, just holding her feels different.

Adam and I got stuck with the worst diaper yet! I can’t even tell you! If we were home, I’d have just thrown her into the tub!

We’re starting to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, to bringing Sarai home. It’s so scary! I still don’t know what we need. She’ll get here right about the time her furniture does. Ahh! Are we ready for this??

Congratulations to my friend, Coleen! She had a baby boy today!