Isaac's infection got a little better and finally, BLUE socks!

Hi all,

We had a step forward today as Isaac's infection got a little better. I don't remember name of the measuring units but his blood test results for infection was at 0.9 yesterday and 0.3 today (I think they test for CRP but am not completely sure).

Jong is still away today so I got Isaac all to myself today. I originally planned to visit Isaac for my alloted hour today and then express milk in a separate room after the visit (during weekdays, when I have less time, I usually express milk next to Isaac's incubator during my one hour visit but that kind of takes away from my visit as I can't pay full attention to him when I am pumping). I ended up spending 1 hour 45 min with Isaac because the nurse started preparing Isaac for a feeding right at the end of my hour and then 15 mins later after she was done, we discovered that the room I was going to use was occupied by someone else so I got to pump next to Isaac's incubator again. It was great spending more time with our little boy. Especially since he was extra cute today (I think I say that almost every day, huh?) ^_^

For most of the time during the first hour, Isaac was sleeping on his back, which is always a treat for us as we don't get to see him sleeping on his back that often. When he sleeps on his back, its easier for us to touch him. So I got to "cup" his bare chest with my hands for quite a while and was able to pray for him and then sing to him with my hands on him. It loved feeling his bare chest with the palm of my hand - it helped me imagine what it would be like to hold him against my heart when we can finally do kangaroo care. Sigh -- I can't wait for that day!!!

I wanted to share a picture of his calf and his foot with you - I don't know if you can tell but his calves and his feet has been definitely getting bigger and chubbier these days. I mean they are still tiny but they are growing!

Also, early in my visit, when I was giving Isaac a foot massage, I notice his feet were a little cold so I mentioned that to the nurse. I also mentioned that they put pink socks on him a while ago so the nurse went and got blue socks and put them on Isaac. So Isaac finally got to wear some masculine clothing. ^_^ Its kind of funny, she put the oversized (for Isaac) socks on and pulled the socks all the way up so they almost reached his knees. Isaac then ended up kicking one sock off - just like his daddy who kicks his socks off immediately when he gets home. ^_^

This is what Jong and I end up doing a lot during our visits. We open the incubator porthole and stare and stare at Isaac's sweet angel face and we just wanna wanna kiss him so bad. I mean, don't you want to kiss this little face? Just looking at him gives me the chuckles because he is sooooooooo darn CUTE! Oh, I almost forgot - Isaac weighed 866 grams today, down from 880 grams a couple of days ago but I think that might mean that his edema is better so I hope the 866 grams is his real weight.

I also want to take this time to thank everyone again for all of your prayers and love. I was reading some of our older posts and everyone's comments and I was again really touched by the overflowing love and support everyone showed us. I am also very humbled by how much our church and especially Pastor Dennis and his wife Judi have been praying for our little Isaac and us. Pastor Dennis and Judi just returned from a tiring trip from the U.S. yesterday and immediately left a voicemail message and sent us an email letting us know that they have been praying for Isaac and us every day while they were in the U.S. Please join us to pray for stamina and strength for Pastor Dennis and Judi as they had to immediately go straight into a strenuous worship schedule immediately after their return - one service tonight and 4 services tomorrow!

I hope all of you will have a blessed Sunday.

In Christ alone,

Sonia