Friday, August 1st
Today is August - only 17 days until the induction.
The summer continues to bring thick heat and heavy storms. We've lived in North Carolina for nearly two years. The move from Oregon was about as drastic a climate change as can be made in the continental United States. Nine months of clouds and rain have been replaced by fairly mild weather outside of the summer. The summer is extraordinary. Heaps of humidity and heat coupled with torrential rain, thunder, and lightening. Tough for me, ridiculous for my wife carrying a baby.
The NST went well. Emma is still moving all over the place. Ashley has felt some contractions over the past few days, but nothing so far to cause worry. We try to keep light hearted humor going as much as possible. It's healthy for us to stay positive especially with a 19 month old. She's absorbing everything she sees and hears. I was laying on the couch yesterday, minding my own business, when she walked up and said, "daddy don't be rude". It's two against one, soon to be three. Better get all my rudeness out of the way before it's too late.
Tomorrow we'll head to the museum again. I look forward to hurrying through each day just to be one day closer to Emma. I should stop to smell the roses, enjoy each moment of this mirage, but I'd rather press on to the oasis.
7:45 PM
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2 comments:
Hello.
I was just searching through the net & just happened to see your story through someone elses blog.
Our story is quite like yours. OUr son is now almost 8 months old, he was born with Gastroschisis as well. Let me tell you, it is such an enduring road, and pray for strength not only for your daughter but for yourself.
We stayed in the NICU for about 5 months, and we ended up having ELEVEN surgeries all together. Jayden was born at 36 weeks and he weighed 4.5 pounds and he was 17" long. He didn't touch a bottle for three months, and I did't get to hold my baby for two weeks. They later told us that he had the worst case of Gastroschisis they had seen in this area. I pray for you and your family and hope that your case isn't close to what ours was, considering each case of it is so so different.
I hope I didn't scare you, but I wasn't ready for what happened to us because no one would really open up.
GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS!
Kelsie
Hi Kelsie,
That must have been a terrible ordeal. I hope the worst is behind you. We thank you for your prayers and let us know how Jayden is doing now!
-Devlin & Ashley
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