Dear family and friends,
After yesterday's fussiness, Eliza had extended
periods of sleep last night and seems to be tolerating
a high volume of breastmilk entering her stomach for
her initial feeds today. There will be no swallow
testing over the weekend; we'll resume Monday. Eliza
currently has a 2-liter flow of humidified room air
entering through her nasal cannula (pronounced:
KAN-yuh-luh, for those giving oral reports). Her
respiration stats are good, but the doctors do not
plan to wean any of that flow until tomorrow.
We're still looking at a tentative homecoming date of
next weekend. Eliza must tolerate her increased feeds
and make consistent weight gain (1/2 or 1 oz per day;
n.b.: 1 oz = 30 grams) to earn her release.
"If it had not been the Lord who was on our side--let
Israel now say--if it had not been the Lord who was on
our side...then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us; then over us
would have gone the raging waters...We have escaped
like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare
is broken, and we have escaped! Our help is in the
name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth" (from
Psalm 124).
Jesus is Lord. He has received the "raging waters" on
his own head that we might be borne up by the tide of
God's love. And we have been. Thank you for your
prayers. All glory and praise to God the Father
through Jesus the Son by the might of the Holy Spirit.
Love,
dixie jax
