A Good Day

Today was a good day.

I got to see a lot of this little guy:

I was able to hold him for over four hours....most of which was spent sleeping together.

We also found out that this is looking better:

Baby Boy's X-ray:  His right lung (our left) is clouded with secretions (mucus).

And so they are planning on trying to take this out tomorrow: 

Ventilator Tube

One more monitor will be turned off.  :-)

Ventilator Monitor

And we'll get to see what's under this tape:

This man was also pretty amazing to me...

Brandon singing hymns to Jude

He surprised me with breakfast in bed for my birthday.

It's our family tradition, but we aren't allowed food in our room here.
He worked it all out, and I was very surprised. 

And though we're so glad he is where he is, we missed this guy a lot:   

@ the Explora museum...the day before we said goodbye

It was a good day.

       Please keep praying      

for the prayer requests in my earlier posts.

Please pray for the removal of the ventilator tomorrow...

that he would thrive without it and that the process would go smoothly.

Please pray for his kidneys.  They aren't working well right now.

Please pray as well for good communication between me and Brandon.

Pray that this time would strengthen our marriage.

Thank you so much

for the prayers,

for the love,

for the gifts, 

for the encouragement, 

and for the birthday messages and cards. 

       WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!