NICU Day 42 (January 18th)

Noelle had another really good day, and it is so nice to be able to report that so many days in a row!!  There still was not much going on today although we are told that very soon the doctors will be setting larger goals for her to reach since she has been doing well for so many days.  She weighed in this morning at 710 grams so just 2 grams shy of doubling her birth weight!!  She will probably drop again and go back and forth for a bit, but it's nice to see that 700 number.  In other words, 1 lb. 9 oz.!  They are almost finished either weaning her meds or transferring them to oral meds so that her PICC line can be removed.  We are pretty excited for that to come out.  A huge praise is that the echocardiogram results came back to today and revealed that her heart is doing significantly better!!  They were able to cut her heart medication in half and will discontinue it by the end of the week.  It's amazing what a different baby she is from two weeks ago today.  Two weeks ago we were faced with the prospect of possibly losing her, and today she is almost fully recovered from that issue and beginning to tackle so many others.  God has been so gracious to us, and we thank and praise Him for how He has worked in her tiny body.  Our hope and prayer is that she starts steadily growing at this point and that she can exceed the goals that the doctors set for her each day.  I am still not visiting the hospital although this cold still hasn't really onset as of yet.  Hopefully it gets better before getting worse.  Thank you so much for praying for all of us as a family.  It is amazing to see the evidence of those prayers right before our eyes as we watch Noelle, and we truly appreciate it.

***HUGE Praise: the "cold" turned out to be simply allergies***