Snooky Great

Dearest Baby Eagle Chick,

You had a really good day today! Daddy and I got to the hospital to see you and you were so awake and alert. You got a bath and your nurse changed all your sheets on your bed. After that you were sleeping nice in my arms when one of your doctors came to visit. He said, how's my little cutie...and then he started poking you a bit and I said, she's really tired...and then he kept on touching you and trying to get you to grip his hand (which was not going to happen since you were sleeping!) Anyway, afterward Daddy said, why didn't you tell him to not touch her and I said, I did...I told him she was really tired, of which Daddy said, that doesn't work with guys, you have to say, don't touch my daughter, she's sleeping. We laughed a lot about that...someday you'll understand when we tell you that boys and girls think and communicate differently!

We no longer have to wear yellow gowns with you because all of your stool tests came back negative, which is really great...it means you don't have a bug in you. They also have cut back the flow of oxygen in your nose...it's almost 1/2 way done...hopefully in another day or so you'll no longer need the oxygen. They weren't able to put an IV in you, so right now you are IV less because they took out your central line. They don't need an IV right now, but they had wanted one just in case, but we'll pray that you keep getting better and don't need one at all.

You were so alert today, it was real neat. You were putting your hand in Daddy's mouth like you used to do before the surgery and you were real focused on all the toys that we played with you. It really encouraged Daddy and I on how well you are doing. We know that God is healing you and we continue to pray that He will restore you completely.

Tomorrow they are decreasing your seizure medicine, so we are praying that you handle that well. The other positive is that you've been letting us put your pacifier in your mouth, so we are continuing to pray that you'll remember how to suck and swallow. We definitely see progress with that though.

We love you eagle chick. Daddy and I will see you tomorrow!

Love always and forever,
Mommy and Daddy