God's every day blessings

Dear all,

Our always faithful Lord answered part of my prayer request from last night. My mom had a great visit today. Even though she was only allowed to stay for 15 minutes, it was as if Isaac knew the 15 minutes were very precious for his grandmother. Isaac was awake and active through out the 15 minutes and moved his arms and legs a lot, as if to show my mom that he is alive and well and she just needed to keep praying but not to worry. He opened his eyes quite a bit and had a whole slew of funny expressions. But most importantly, he smiled for his grandmama. My mom was a happy camper after her little visit.


He looked better today than yesterday and I got used to the vibration from the high frequency ventilator (I think he did too). Although his oxygen input level was quite high (it used to be 35% and now its 45%), at least he didn't truly crash even once when I was there. I will have to ask the doctor on Monday whether it might be less harmful for Isaac to be on the high frequency ventilator as opposed to the conventional ventilator while the oxygen input level is so high. He has such beautiful eyes, I really hope he doesn't end up getting bad ROP (and of course, I don't want him to have any problems with his brains either).

I am once again humbled by how incredibly faithful and merciful God continues to be. Despite my panic attack and lack of faith last night, He still blessed me with such a great visit today to give me comfort and peace while I wait till early next week to find out what our next step should be to treat Isaac's PDA. I have been praying for the Lord to heal Isaac's CLD, and now I am holding out hope that once his PDA is treated, his CLD will start improving rapidly. If he continues to gain weight at a fast pace and if his CLD can start really improving, there is a good chance that he can come home earlier. I really, really can't wait for that day!!

Here are some cute pictures of Isaac from today. Thanks for your prayers and please continue to pray!