Thankful

Thankful for the uneventful days...
Savannah is doing well...hasn't had a significant drop in oxygen or heart rate since early yesterday.  The docs are keeping her on 2L oxygen and increased her feed intake by 1 cc.  She weighs 7 lb 5 oz so she is very close to birth weight.  The surgeons continue to desire to wait until she is closer to term for her g tube surgery.  Her surgery comes as a packaged deal...she is having the g tube placement but also getting the Nissen procedure done (portion of her stomach will be wrapped around the end of her esophagus and stitched to prevent any backward flow during her feeds) essentially meaning no more reflux for this little girl which will hopefully mean no more drops in oxygen and heart rate.  The docs are pretty positive that her reflux and aspiration are what's causing her vitals to drop.  I do pray that she will overcome this someday and her throat muscles will become stronger so that she can get rid of that ol tube...I see patients at work with them everyday and I know how much they hate them.

Also, prayers going up for all those sick around us...Brayden has strep (twice now in a month) and Alayna has a UTI.  I can tell you as a mother of a child in the NICU this is very nerve wrecking.  You feel torn for one thing (needing to be home with the two that are sick vs wanting to be at your baby's bedside in another town).  And then you are scared to death it will be passed to the baby somehow or that you will get sick and not be able to visit your baby for several days.  But then you just have to breathe and remind yourself...it could always be worse.  One day at a time...