Merry Christmas! We hope you are all enjoying your Christmas' with your families and taking time to remember the TRUE reason for this holiday- the birth of Jesus! Amidst all of our difficult weeks lately, we are so grateful that we have had such an amazing Savior to help pull us through these times. We know that through continued prayer from so many people, Lexi will (in God's timing) be healed. That's the only thing on our Christmas list this year!
For Lexi's update- she was in quite a bit of pain yesterday so they put her on morphine. This seemed to help her quite a bit and she slept all day. She was able to start directly on feeds yesterday but is back to receiving continuous feeds (getting a tiny bit all day long). Today, they will start working on moving her back to bolace feeds (giving her the entire amount over shorter periods of time- usually a half hour). How she tolerates these increases will determine when we can begin talking about the "H" word (HOME!!). Jon and I have started learning about home care for Lexi- we took infant CPR yesterday. It's amazing how much you pay attention to those classes when you have a very high chance of having to actually use it on your own child someday! Today, I will begin actually giving Lexi her meds through her feeding tube and learning how to use her pump. (I'm thinking about a new career as a nurse after all I've learned these past 6 weeks!).
Specific Prayer Requests:
Please pray for Lexi as she moves her feeding up to a more "typical" baby again. Pray she tolerates them well and her healing continues on her G-tube incision.
Pray for all of the families in the hospital during Christmas. I've been able to get to know a few of the other moms and babies of the floor and I know it is difficult for all of us to be away from home and our families during the holidays. Pray for peace and comfort!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
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We saw Jon at Walmart last night with all of us other crazies hahaha......and Cherie you sound much more cheerful like even though the decision to do a G tube was difficult the relief of what it could bring[ the H word- jon said the whole word hehehe] cheers your soul!!!
I will surely pray not only for your family as we do daily, but for those there at the holidays, it's nice to have met some other moms[ much better than talking to yourself LOL].....GOD BLESS YOU and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! May the LORD Bless you and your family more and more each and every day!!!!
Merry Christmas!! It is hard to say that knowing your situation, but like you said we all need to remember the meaning of Christmas -Christ's birth....and how special that is to us. Without HIM we would have and be nothing. Our prayers are with you....we pray for you and all the families there that cannot be home. God bless you for being such a good mommy and daddy. Love you!
Merry Christmas Eve day! We love you all! I promise to spoil the twins while they are with me today! We plan to make a trip down on Friday to see the little Princess! We know that every day you are one more baby step closer to getting home.....we will pray that day gets here sooner than you - or the docs - expect!
Love you!
Amy
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