Friday, January 8th update

Thanks again for your prayers. Once again God is answering them through the healing of our little boys.

When we went in for our morning visit with Nathan the nurse said he had no breathing / heart rate spells all night or the beginning of the day for her. When I called this evening he had only had one all day long!! By the end of the day they moved him off his nasal canula and on CPAP (this is a tiny step back, but too expected). They moved him to CPAP because he was getting very tired on just the canula. Most babies are moved to CPAP before the canula but at first they were avoiding this because of his intestines. Last night at midnight they began feeding him 1/2 ml every hour, continuously. He is doing very well with his feeds so they have already bumped him up to 1 ml. He will move at a slower pace than Owen is on his feedings. Please pray that Nathan would do well on CPAP and that his feedings would go really well. Also, pray Nathan would again start pooping all of the food he is getting out of his body.

Owen is doing well. I was able to hold him again today; and both of us absolutely loved it. (I forgot to mention I was able to change Owen's diaper for the first time yesterday). There is nothing quite like looking down and seeing his big eyes looking up at me. Owen continues to do well with both his feeds and his oxygen. Owen is not gaining weight as quickly as they would like for him to gain. They are now adding microlipids and human milk fortifier to each feeding. Please pray that he would begin to gain weight. He is also receiving weekly eye exams. We found out today the doctor thought he might see the beginnings of something in zone two of his eye. It is very small right now, so please pray God would take the small spot away. Also please continue to pray for his lung development and over all healing.

Thank you so much. We know God is using your prayers very mightily in the lives of our boys.

Logan is out having a great time spending the night with my parents. He was so excited to go over there. He has an exciting day of him tomorrow because he will be going to Gracie's birthday party.

Preston had a guys night out tonight and went to see Avitar with some friends. I had a great girls night in. Sarah, Catrina, Kristen and I ordered some Chinese food (the first I have had since coming back in October) and played the card game nerts. We had the best time together.