NICU Day 8 (December 15th)

Today at 11:27AM, we celebrated one week of life outside the womb with our little Noelle!! I cannot believe we are at this day already--it still seems like yesterday that all the drama was going down, and they were delivering our baby girl. God's amazing grace has been so evident as we look back on that day--the timing of the details could not have been orchestrated by anyone other than Him. Noelle had another good day today and is still stable. The doctors discovered that she has hyperthyroidism and have started her on the medications for that, so hopefully that will help the blood sugar fluctuation and weight gain especially. It is not certain whether she had this in the womb and thus it contributed to her small size or if it's something she has since developed. Some preemies develop this as a "transient" thing and grow out of it. The geneticist also called today and said the fast results on Noelle's blood came back normal concerning her chromosomes...just like the amniocentesis. The full results won't be ready until the new year, but it was yet another encouraging sign that nothing is glaringly wrong. So, another day down. We are thoroughly enjoying our precious bundle--she is becoming more alert at times and is very responsive to our voices and touch. Thank you for caring enough to read these updates and keep up with our small family. Your expressions of love, your kind comments and thoughts and especially your prayers are appreciated from the bottom of our hearts. We wish we could communicate back to each one of you!! Thank you.