Day 14-Off the ventilator, finally!!

Our Sweet Analise was finally taken off the ventilator today!!

She is currently receiving oxygen through the nasal cannula, but the respiratory therapist stated that they will try to remove that as well tonight. She also still has the nasogastric tube.

Analise has pooped numerous times today, a great sign that the plumbing is working properly. The surgeon told Erik and Dawn that Analise is recovering nicely from surgery, thank you God!!

If Analise continues to do well tonight, they may be able to start giving her some breastmilk tomorrow, and gradually increase her feedings over the next several days.

One thing we forgot to mention is that Analise passed her hearing test with flying colors a few days ago, but we already knew she could hear well by the way she responds to Erik and Dawn's voice, it is a beautiful thing to watch!!

Analise was so excited to see Mommy and Daddy tonight, making cooing sounds and staring intently into their eyes.

Still no orthopedic evaluation, even though Erik and Dawn request it on a daily basis, but Erik and Dawn continue with the arm and leg exercises every six hours and the wrist splints are on 3 hours and off 3 hours throughout the day.

At church today we were once again reminded that God always meets you where you are and we would like to share a few thoughts from today's message that really spoke to us:

• God is a God of daily miracles.
• Our plans need to yield to His plans.
• We ask: Why me? But we are not changed by easy lives, but by difficult ones.
• God takes on our problems when we set aside our pride and our doubts.

Day 14: Looking up at Mommy and Daddy: So glad you are here for me!!