12-17-08

Can you find Zoey's hand??

Mommy keeping an eye on Zoey's stats.

Well this is Aunt Ashton posting for Mark, Macy, and Zoey tonight. Zoey has had a pretty "chill" day today and has slept most of the day. My mom, Uncle Tay Tay, and I have had some good quality time with Zoey in the last few days. Grammy got to go in first this morning. After Grammy came out it was Aunt Ashton's turn so I went to scrub in with camera in hand...duh! By the time I got in there Zoey was already resting peacefully on mommy's chest. She did have a bad case of the hiccups but only a few minutes of the skin to skin "kangarooing" (yes, I am making up that word) Zoey calmed down and went back to sleep. Let me tell you...Zoey does everything like a big girl. Her hiccups were loud like a big girl and her sneezes today were loud like a big girl. The nurse that was on Zoey today stuck her head around the partition after Zoey had let out two big sneezes and asked me and Macy if that was one of us and we told her "no" that it was Zoey. Her comment after that was "Wow! She doesn't do anything quiet does she." The same sweet nurse told Macy yesterday that Zoey does not know how little she is and that she thinks she is alot bigger than she really is. On that note...the update on Zoey from the doctors continues to be upbeat and encouraging. They did an ultrasound of her brain yesterday. Usually with preemies there can be bleeding in the brain from trauma at birth and such. Zoey's brain in the doctor's words was absolutely beautiful and perfect and there was no sign of bleeding at all. Some other good news on her is that her digestive system is still working beautifully ;) and she is very regular if you know what I mean. Because she is digesting so well, they have increased her feeding now to 7cc's and will continue to increase it every 12 hours if she continues to do well. As of last night she weighed 1 gram short of 2 lbs. 10 oz. so she is back up to birth weight. As for Macy...she had a little bit of a rough day today. She had her blood pressure checked after holding Zoey this morning and it was still high. The nurse practitioner told her to make sure to have it down by tomorrow. This was discouraging for Macy. She called to see if they could up her blood pressure medication and they did, so hopefully that will help alot. Macy's body/hormones are still recovering and the added stress of not being able to take her baby home is very tough to handle right now. Mark ended up coming back up to Albuquerque to be with Macy just until she is physically and emotionally stronger. Please pray for continued strength for Macy, Mark, and Zoey as they continue the journey God has set before them. God has been so faithful to answer the prayers of all the saints who are praying and we thank you as a family from the bottom of our hearts for all the support shown to us during this time.

P.S. There is one special picture for Daddy (Mark) today that went against my religion a little bit, but I did it anyway. I still believe Zoey will choose God's University and be a RED RAIDER like her Aunt and Uncles and the rest of the fam, but for the sake of her Daddy's side of the family we put on the OSU beanie today and snagged a couple of pictures. Don't worry...I will put on the Texas Tech beanie as soon as I get back up to Albuquerque. :) Since Christmas is only a week away, we adorned Zoey's "house" with her pink princess stocking. For now...this is Aunt Ashton signing out to get catch some zzzz's. Love to all!!!