What A Week

To describe this week in one word, ‘wonderful’ comes to mind. Suzanne and I have really enjoyed being home this week learning what it’s like to be a family. A couple of the days we didn’t even go outside, a couple of the days we didn’t get out of our pajamas until close to noon, and a couple nights we didn’t get to sleep very early (mostly Suzanne). For the most part, McKenna is a very well behaved child. She really only cries if she’s hungry or when we plop her into her bathtub. She sleeps anywhere from 3-5 hrs at a time. She is really getting the hang of the bottle. Lately she’ll have 2 ounces of milk gone and a couple burps in about 10 minutes. We’ve got a couple doctors’ appointments this coming week, and this last week she had another eye appointment. The eye doctor wants to be aggressive with her treatment, but doesn’t want to treat her needlessly. Next week if he sees any progress in her eyes, he will probably do the laser surgery. We really don’t know how invasive that surgery is or how much time she’ll spend in the hospital, but it is definitely scary. Something very amazing happened to us when we were leaving the hospital last Saturday. One of the couples that we shared our South Africa experience with, who also lost a son, told us that every time they find a coin, that means their son is thinking of them. As they were telling us this, Steve looked down and saw a coin. So, Suzanne and I have taken that on as well and we have found coins when we’ve least expected it, or really needed to find them. Well, when we were in the elevator leaving the NICU, there was a penny on the floor. It was very hard to keep our composure, but it just proves to us that Ian has been watching over her this whole time. I can’t wait to tell this little girl about her very special brother. She will always have her very own angel. Have a great week, unfortunately I have to go back to work. It’s been real, it’s been fun, it’s been real fun!!!