The First Month

I cannot believe it has been a month since we welcomed Jacob and Juliet into this world and into our family. What a month it has been!! The pain is still as strong as it was the day God called Jacob home, but the memories are becoming stronger and I cherish each one of them more and more every day. Juliet has made some amazing progress and we look forward to the day God will allow us to finally bring her home. What has she been doing you ask? She has been on four different machines to help her breath. The first two took breaths for her, the third helped remind her to breath on her own, and the forth helped keep her lungs open so they would not collapse. She has had two rounds of medication to shrink a large PDA to a small PDA, which is an artery in the heart that is needed during pregnancy, but is suppose to close during the birthing process. She behaved and helped it shrink enough to avoid heart surgery at this moment. She gets weekly shots to help her tiny body produce more blood cells. She is on iron, caffeine, extra protein in her breast milk and sodium. She gets blood taken twice a week, has had a couple blood transfusions, and heal sticks galore! She has had almost as many ultrasounds as me, and has beaten me on number of x rays in a lifetime. She started on 50 percent oxygen and is now down to 25 percent. She can now open her eyes and will look for Mommy and Daddy if she hears us. She will snuggle in tight to mom and dad when we get the chance to Kangaroo care her. She has a mind of her own and always needs one leg sticking out of her little swaddle. She has been a love bug to her many nurses and has a couple she prefers. She is growing! My little 1lb 13 oz, 13 inches long baby is now a good 2lbs 7oz and almost 15inches! She is blowing the doctors away with her progress and is truly our miracle baby! She is proving that statistics are not always right, and babies even this young deserve a chance to fight! She has good days, and bad days, as any 25 weeker will. But she is thriving, and only by God's sweet grace am I able to hold my precious daughter every day. She has an amazing Guardian Angel watching out for her too. I look forward to more wonderful updates and being able to share our little princess with anyone who will listen! God is Good! Happy One Month Birthday my Sweet Jacob and Juliet!