One Week Old!

Baby Lucy is one week old today! I can hardly believe that it was a week ago already that she was born.

She is doing very well in the NICU. At the beginning of the week, it seemed like every day we visited she was having another tube or apparatus removed and we could see a little bit more of our little girl. She was able to have her ventilator removed earlier this week and was on straight oxygen for about a day but the stopped that as well so she is just breathing "room air" at the moment. The doctors said that her lungs have recovered well after her first surgery and they are confident that they are well developed at this point. The highlight for us was, of course, getting to hold her (finally!).

She had a CT scan yesterday to get a better look at her ventricles and the fluid on her brain. We will meet with doctors sometime over the next few days to review the results and discuss the action plan going forward for her stent surgery. They expect to be able to repeat the surgery to connect her esophagus and her stomach in 3 - 4 weeks.

In the meantime, we continue to wait (sometimes more patiently that other times!) and trust in God's ultimate plan for baby Lucy. We have been staying at home at night and driving to the hospital for a good portion of the day. Jason continues to split his time between work, the hospital and home. My parents have been here since Monday and it's been great to have them help get caught up at home and help us with the drive from the Springs to Denver.

As a sidenote, you may have heard of the Colorado Springs wildfires that have recently made headline news. We are safe, we have not been evacuated and are not in immediate danger of having the fire reach our house. In addition to our family, please keep the residents of Colorado Springs in your prayers and all of the firefighters and emergency personnel that are here to fight the fire.