12-27-08

Today's pictures are during her noon feeding. They are still giving her full feeds through the tube in her nose, but today we fed her a tiny bit through a syringe. We worked on several steps today to get her closer to nursing. As you can tell from the pictures, she is still trying to figure the whole thing out. She is doing so awesome though. Everyday she is learning more and more. We will continue working on it everyday. Zoey's chest x-ray was done this morning. The verdict was that she does have some tiny air sacs in her lungs that have 'deflated'. The oxygen help that they are giving her is helping to re-inflate them. The doctor told us that this is NOTHING to be worried about. It is just due to the fact that she is a preemie and that her lungs are still developing. They feel like she will only have to be on oxygen for a few more days. They had already weened her oxygen help down a little bit today. Praise God! Zoey continues to gain weight. Last night she had gained another ounce. She is now 2lb. 15oz. We are pushing for 3 pounds tonight! We spent most of the day at the hospital. I was able to hold her for a little over an hour today. I didn't want to put her back. She is so precious and even at two and a half weeks old, you can see that she has a cute little personality. The more they are allowing me to do with her, the more it has set in that I'm really a MOMMY! I am loving every minute of it and know this is the job that I was meant to do. It's such a blessing. Mark is leaving tomorrow to head home. He will be back Wednesday. My mom is headed up here to be with me. Please pray for traveling mercies for both of them. Mark and I wanted to thank all of you who sent us restaurant gift certificates. Your generosity is incredible and we are SO grateful! We have felt so much love and support that we will never be able to express the thanks we feel in our hearts. The body of Christ has been amazing. We pray blessings on all of you! Stay tuned for more Zoey...

Love always,

Macy