Heather and Carissa Update

Carissa is doing really well. She had her hearing checked and other tests ran yesterday and all is well. She has continued to lose weight, which is something you can be praying for. When she was born she was 7lbs 11oz. After the first day she was down to 7lbs 4oz and now she is down to 7lbs even. She seems to be eating really well and Heather's milk seems to have come it this morning. We believe the reason for the weight loss is her multiple bowel movements. (I'm not going to say who she gets that from)

Heather is doing really well. She has had several things going. Her incision continued to bleed initially and they had to put a pressure bandage over it. I should have known, when a crew came in to put the bandage on, that it would be painful. Painful was an understatement. Heather yelled and cried quite a bit, even after they finished. Since then they have removed the pressure bandage and the first couple layers of skin as well. These places are beginning to scab up and are not hurting nearly as bad.

Heather was able to get a shower for the first time last night, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Sleep, who needs sleep? Heather and I actually did get some sleep last night. Heather got less than I, because she tried to take less pain medication, thanking she could do without as much in the middle of the night. Well, she was wrong and had a hard time sleeping until she was given more pain medication. Heather's incision has not healed liked they had hoped and she will have to have the staples in longer than they expected.

Carissa has done her best crying this morning. For the most part she has been amazingly quiet, but she had a rough time early this morning. She continues to eat well and is very alert.

Thanks for all your prayers. We have continued to try to honor our Lord while here in the hospital. We have faced many challenges which I'll blog about when time allows.