Sunday, October 12, 2008

Weekend Update






Well, despite Auburn's poor performance on Saturday, Thomas remains a true fan and demonstrates this often by wearing all of his Auburn attire and running through the house yelling go Auburn Tigers!!!! His Dad and I on the other hand are quite disappointed but remain loyal fans as well.

Lily is doing well, continuing to grow and even looks older each day. The video clip is of her sucking on her ventilator tube. She is moving so much now. Even turning her head much more than I expected. It really made me nervous, fearing she would manipulate her vent tube. She also is grabbing and holding on to her tubes. The nurse assures me that she's not quite strong enough to pull them out, but I still removed her hand gently from them! Her eyes have started to open a little which was so exciting. We are hoping that this week they will open all the way and we will get to look into her eyes for the first time! She is also tolerating 3cc feedings every 3 hours now. This is very good and her weight is now up to 1 lb. 11 oz! Yea!
The doctors are continuing to monitor her lungs on x-ray having to move her vent tube some to effectively ventilate all lobes. We remain hopeful that this will all continue to improve as she grows and the Lord is still developing her.

We would ask that you continue to pray for her lung development and that the atelectasis improves and that they can wean her slowly from the vent. We also want to continue to pray that she do well with her feedings and that she remains infection free.

Thank you all for your continued support and prayers. We have daily experienced God's faithfulness in answering them and feel His presence always. We remain confident that He is in control and will continue the good work He has started.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Greg and Holley- I found your sister on facebook and she told me about Lily Cate. She has been in our prayers. I found your blog on Robby Wentz's blog. So great to see you are all doing better and she is growing stronger each day. We will continue to pray for all of you. In reading your blog I can tell you have an amazing Faith!Love, Melissa Trimm Aaron

Anonymous said...

Praying for your family and for precious Lily! Rob Hay has been sending us your emails and told us about your blog so that we could lift you up in prayer. The Lord is doing amazing things through this little ones life! We will continue to pray...keep us posted!
Love, Kim and William Siegel

susan said...

Happy 3 week Birthday Lily Cate!

Anonymous said...

Wow! That is amazing that she has gained 5 oz! The video was great.

We continue to pray.

Libbi Logan

Anonymous said...

Hey Holley and Greg ~ How 'bout them Hogs??? just had to rub it in :)

WOW! Praise God for all the answered prayers! The Blog is great... The video made me cry! I know this is all an emotional rollercoaster... I just pray you two are getting the rest you need!

We promise to continue to pray for you all, and i am writing down your specific requests...

Abby found an old Cabbage Patch doll of mine and named her Lily...which helps reminds us to pray more often :)

love y'all
jennifer and fam

Shelly said...

Thomas looks adorable in his Auburn outfit! Sorry our awesome football team had to go and ruin the weekend ... I'm glad he wasn't deterred!

Thanks for posting the video of Lily's eyes opening ... we are so excited that she's getting to see mommy & daddy now.

We're praying for her lungs!

- Shelly & Jesse