6 Weeks

A month and a half already, where has the time gone? Once were the days of holding our breath every time a monitor made a noise, getting teary eyed every time we got to see our little girl, getting teary eyed every time we had to leave her, and wondering what it would be like to be this far. Well, here we are. Now we hold our breath every time we get to hold our little girl, we get teary eyed when she does something cute, and we get teary eyed when she cries. We are so happy for the progress that McKenna has made in these “short” 6 weeks. We have been so wrapped up in all of her progress that the time has seemed to fly right by us. Christmas has come and gone. Soon it will be 2006 and to be real honest, I don’t know where 2005 went. Thursday morning, McKenna was switched to the Nasal Canula and early Friday morning went back to CPAP because her blood gases weren’t exactly what the doctors wanted to see and she was getting very tired very fast. Her CPAP pressure settings are pretty low and her Oxygen requirements are right around 30%, which is very good. She is continuously gaining weight, and with every bit of weight she gains, she gets more food. As of this morning she weighed 2 lbs 12.8oz and is getting 24cc of breast milk every 3 hrs. We like to compare that to eating a Thanksgiving dinner every 3 hrs. I think we’d all get big if we ate like that. Early this week McKenna had to say goodbye to her neighbor who has been her with her since birth and was born just a little over a month prior, now today, she has a new little neighbor. He was born at 24 weeks and 2 days and weighs 1lb 6oz. We have been completely overwhelmed and blessed by all of the people out there that have prayed for us and we ask that you please pray for this family and their little boy as they travel down this long and scary path.