I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers over the last few weeks. Andrea and Abigail (the baby) are doing great. Andrea is finally back at home resting and recovering. It is good for both of us to be back in our own home. We no longer have to deal with nurses and doctors waking us up every hour. Andrea’s blood pressure is now under control, and her doctor thinks it will be back to normal soon.
Abigail is still in the hospital, and will be there for about a month or two. She is doing great and starting to gain weight. She has been breathing on her own since she was born. They have turned off the supplemental oxygen to her, and she is breathing very well. They still have the vaportherm hooked up to her, but that just helps her lungs grow better. Abby has been spending her days under a special light to help her from getting jaundice. So every time we see her it looks like she is getting a tan. Her doctors have started to give her a little caffeine every morning to help stimulate her development. Andrea and I have not yet been able to hold our little baby, but we have been able to change a few diapers already. We have been going over to see Abby about twice a day. Everyone at Baptist Hospital has been great on explaining everything that is going on and what they are doing.
I have put a ton of pictures online at www.davejac.net/gallery. Feel free to check them out. We are now starting to get our house ready for our baby. We have to paint and put together baby furniture.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. we will try to keep you up to date on everything that is going on.
Dave, Andrea and Abigail