Happy Thanksgiving!

We have much to be thankful for. Looking back at the last 8 weeks, God has had his hand on our family in ways that have been very apparent and some we don't even know. It is nice to know that we serve an awesome and mighty God who is very present in our lives at all times.

So, even though it was a long day for Mia, we know that God has been watching over her the entire time and knows what is best for her. The doctors tried for several hours to put a PICC line in her, but to no avail. As a result, they might have to put in another central line instead. If they put in the central line, it will require another surgery. It is a little more invasive than a PICC line, however there are advantages to having a central line. As we continue to wait and see what the doctors decide, our prayers would be that she receives what is best for her.

As Thanksgiving comes to an end, we are grateful for all of you who continue to encourage, support, and pray for Mia. May God bless you all as you so richly bless us.

Wednesday

Mia's feeds stopped last night because the doctors were not happy with the color of her residual (the stuff left in her stomach after a feed). As a result, they did an xray on her abdomen. Everything looked fine, but they noticed a possible inflammation of her pelvic bone. The doctors believe she might have an infection of the bone. On Friday they are going to run a bone scan to verify for sure. The good news is that if it is an infection, the antibiotics she is on right now will be the ones they continue to use for the bone infection, the bad news is she'll have to have them for about 6 weeks.

On a positive note though, they started her on her feeds again today and she has been processing them just fine. We believe that her feeds stopped last night because God needed the doctors to do an xray of her abdomen area to notice the pelvic bone. We continue to trust in His care over the situation.

Tomorrow they want to put a PICC line in Mia. It is similar to the central line she had that got infected, but it goes through a vein in one of her hands or feet. The nurses have a hard time getting IV's in Mia, so pray that the doctors will be successful with the PICC line.

Tuesday

Today was a great day for Mia. She got 3 cc's of milk at 11am and digested it just fine! So they gave her another 3 cc's of milk at 5pm. She'll get another 3 cc's at 11pm if she is able to digest the 5pm milk. You may be asking, how much is 3 cc's? It is probably close to the amount of a pen cap filled with liquid. It is a very little bit, but as she continues to digest she'll continue to get more milk. It also looks as though her infection is almost cleared. And she's even putting on more weight. As of tonight, she weighs 6 pounds 8 ounces!

Monday

Mia still continues to work on getting rid of her infection. Today she got fed breast milk again for the first time since last Thursday. She got 3 cc's of milk, but only processed 1 cc of it, so they are waiting to feed her anymore until tomorrow. She has had alot more awake time recently and it is nice to see her big blue eyes.

Giving Thanks

I have to warn you, staring at my daughter, Mia, may cause you to forget what you were doing, that you have other commitments, that you require food and sleep. She is that CUTE! Thank you for everything you have said, done, prayed for, and given to us. We have so, so much to be thankful for! Little Mia had an infection since last Thursday night. (Nov 15th). But the antibiotics have given her fever the boot, and tonight (Nov 18th) they removed her broviac central line from her chest. The doctors are pretty sure the broviac was the source of the infection and it had to go. Also, they were unable to draw blood from it, so it had outlived its usefulness. In the future, they are going to replace the central line, to feed Mia and give fluids and draw blood from. I am still hopeful that Mia can come home to Bakersfield for Christmas. God is so good to us. Have a very happy Thanksgiving and hug and kiss your families for us!