Day 3

Thanks so my sweet husband for posting the last entry! I have been quite disconnected from the world these last few days as I have been trying to recover from the C-section as well as the preeclampsia. Overall I am doing well and much of that has to do with a good amount of pain killers :) I have been getting good reports on my recovery. Overall my blood pressure is lower, but still is being monitored closely. I am still having to get around in a wheel chair, but was able to be on my feet for a few hours today in Elora's room. I am still very very swollen, but the doctors say it may take up to a week for the swelling to officially "break". They said that there is a chance I'll be discharged from the hospital this weekend, but no official word on that.


We had a great day with Elora. She was very stable all day and we were in her room 2-3 times over the course of the day (my friend Angie visited and then both of the grandmas came and visited). Elora is getting some UV light treatment to help with her red blood cells and some bruising from the delivery. She has to wear eye protection while getting the lights on her - so it's fun to look at her laying in her incubator like she is at the beach just sunning herself with sunglasses on!



She is on a breathing machine and they expect that will continue into this next week. Due to the fact that she is in an incubator and there are a lot of tubes, I am hesitant to post a lot of pictures at this point, but did want to share a favorite from today that my friend Angie took. It captures her little tiny toes so perfectly!



Every little part of her body is just so perfect and well.....little! She dropped about an ounce since she was born, so today she weighed in at a whopping 1 pound, 6 ounces. I adore her little fingers, toes, ears, and especially her head full of blonde hair. It's hard to believe she was inside of me just 3 days ago.


We have a very long road ahead of us and really need your prayers. Elora will most likely be in Children's hospital until mid-August. It will be very hard for us to leave the hospital without her and try to live "normal" life bouncing between home and visiting her. But, it's all worth it and we trust the care that she is being given at Children's is first class. We also trust God's mighty power to protect her and grow her. He is so faithful.

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