Monday--43 Days Old

Today was a rough day in our pod.  Baby Henry passed away this morning.  He was flown to our hospital Saturday from the hospital he was delivered at.  His mother had not been discharged from that hospital and therefore unable to be with him.  My heart aches for these parents so very much.  The nurses and staff at our hospital are so unbelievably compassionate and go to amazing lengths to assist the parents in any way possible.   Please lift this family up in prayer.  Also, please lift up the nurses, doctors, and staff that worked so very hard to help Baby Henry.

Ashton currently weights 4lbs, 9oz.  She is currently on a 1/2 Liter of oxygen and only requiring about 21%.  She is eating 43ccs of milk every three hours.  She tries to eat every other feeding from a bottle and whatever she doesn't finish she gets through her tube.  Today she ate ALL of her 9:00a.m., 3:00p.m., and 9:00p.m. feedings from her bottle!  She now has a mobile and mirror in her crib and she is staying awake and alert for longer periods of time.  She cries when something hurts, but is very easily consoled.  She loves her pacifier--something Brady never got to experience. 

Cody flew in this weekend and got to spend some quality time with Ashton.  He held her every day and fed her twice on Sunday.  Brady and Cody had to fly back home Sunday night so we were all a little sad knowing that it is going to be a few weeks until we are all together again.

I'll finish updating later...I need to get at least a few hours sleep.

Brandi