Growing and Growing

Abigail is growing so good. As of yesterday she weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces! I have added some pics over on the gallery on the right, but will post a couple here.

In this picture you can see her heart monitor band. It is a soft foamy band holding two electrode things that measure her heart rate and her breathing. She doesn't seem to mind it much.

In this picture you can see how we weigh Abby each day. She sits in a little basket while being weighed on a food scale.

The last picture here is to give a little scale of comparison on her size for those of you still wondering how big she actually is. Below are a couple of diapers and a deck of cards. The bigger diaper is still only a preemie size diaper. The smaller diaper is what she used in the hospital for quite a while. She was in the preemie size for a little while before we came home.

I spoke with our pediatrician yesterday and found out that it is okay for us to have adult visitors. We are not supposed to take Abby to church until after RSV season. RSV is a lung disease that could cause her serious problems so we will be taking it seriously. The only part I don't like about this is that RSV season is from October to April. So Jeff and I will be taking turns going to church.

We are so blessed and God has taken such good care of Abigail that it is hard for me to look at not going out much until next Spring. But I also don't want to take risks when I don't have to.

So if you want to visit just call me and we can set up a time. We will try to keep it to one visitor a day for a while, just so we don't wear Abby out.

Praise: We have been told Abby doesn't need the fortifier in her bottles and that we can start working on nursing every feeding. We also don't have to go in for weight checks at the doctor any more because Abby is growing so good. (She has gained almost half a pound in the last 4 days.)

Thank you again for your prayers. Pray for Jeff as he returns to a normal work schedule. The tired really hits him about 3pm. Pray that I get rest when I can. Pray that I will keep my mind and emotions in line with God's Word.