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Yes - that was Isaac's weight yesterday. We are getting soooo close to 1 kg! Two months ago, it seemed almost impossible to wait for him to get to 1 kg when his weight dropped to 499 grams and he was just skin and bones and we were worried he was going to starve to death.

I haven't posted his measurements that often but here are his measurements from yesterday:

Body Length: 33.7 cm (compared to 32.4 cm on April 22)
Head Circumference: 26 cm (compared to 21.5 cm on April 22)
Chest: 21.9 cm (compared to 17.3 cm on April 22)

Unfortunately, Isaac isn't doing as well in the growing department. I asked the doctor on Wed night about his measurements. Based on Isaac's measurements from last week, his head circumference is on the lowest edge of the range that is acceptable and his body length is below the acceptable range. Please pray for him not just to gain weight but to grow - especially his head as that could affect his brain development.

Isaac pretty much slept the whole time I was there last night but he had the hiccups when I first arrived. Jong and I will meet the pediatric cardiologist who will perform Isaac's surgery next Wednesday night and will find out whether Isaac's surgery will go ahead or not on June 22.
Unfortunately, it seems like I am getting sick again. I started getting a cough last night. When Jong isn't here, I take the trains to go to the hospital and there seem to be a lot of sick people on the train these days so I probably caught it from there. Please pray that I can nip this one in the butt. I really cannot afford to be sick these days, especially this week.

We are moving this week. Packing and moving fragile things ourselves first through out the week and the big move is next Sunday. Fortunately, my dad arrived last night to help us pack and move. We have so little time these days that we would not be able to do this on our own so I am very thankful my dad is here for the rescue again. The only thing is he has never done any moves (my mom has always done them herself because my dad also used to travel a lot) so we already need to repack some of the stuff he tried packing before he left on this last trip - e.g. he packed really big boxes full of books making the boxes to0 heavy and packed breakable kitchenware without wrapping any of them with anything! LOL! Fortunately, even if we break everything, we don't have anything that expensive. In fact, all our dishes are really cheap - we have a set from a Mikasa outlet store that costed me $19 and a bunch of stuff from 100 yen stores (a bit less than $1 a piece). I am very excited about moving because our new apartment will be the apartment where Isaac will come home to and we will have our new life as a family together. Our current apartment has been great but it represents our old life - our life without children. Also, it almost seemed like I knew deep inside me what was going to happen in our pregnancy during my first trimester because I was slightly depressed throughout my first trimester. I guess my recent memories while living in our current apartment hasn't been so great (from the early pregnancy days, to the ice cold fear I felt the morning before I was admitted to the hospital after discovering that I lost my mucous plug, to the recent days of grieving and mourning). However, we do have very fond memories of this apartment as we have made so many great and dear friends since we moved here to Japan. We have lived in this building (although not always in the same apartment) for 3 years 4 months. The longest I have lived in the same place is 2 years since I turned 18 so we will really miss this building. Although many of them have already moved away from Japan, we made some really great friends in this building. Plus we will miss our really great views as you can see below (we live on the 36th floor).

Our view of the Imperial Palace:

Our view of the Japanese Diet:
Our view of Shinjuku:
A view of the spread of buildings in Tokyo:
Well, Jong should be arriving home shortly. I guess if I had to get sick, this would be a good time since Jong will be here this week and he has missed Isaac so much anyway it would be good for Jong to touch Isaac most of the time (I try not to touch Isaac when I am sick).

P.S. How could I have forgotten to report this - Isaac has had NO IV in him since Wed!!! Please pray that he won't need another IV until his surgery. It would be so great for him to be IV free for a while! : )

Take care and God bless,

Sonia