One more Update

I just talked to Tricia--they had to move Tommy's IV again!!! Now it is back in his foot. But, they say that he is getting very close to the weight where they start letting him regulate his own temperature!! That is one of the criterion for him to come home! Then, once he gets to be 4 pounds, he'll be taken out of the incubator. Those little glimpses of hope are sure nice to see! They are also bumping his feedings to 8.5 ml tonight at his 11:30 pm feeding.

Also, while you are praying for Tommy, Karina Sones is another little girl worthy of prayer. Many of you know her, but in case you don't, you can visit her journal here

Basically, she had lukemia, and they did a bone marrow transplant on her (I think she is about 7 years old). The bone marrow took well, but now she is fighting some other infections that bubbled up in the last few weeks. They were stationed her in Altus and then moved to Washington DC. They are a very sweet Christian family, and we were blessed to know them while they were here.

Just a couple more days until more pictures!!

8 Jan PM

Tommy is still progressing well. He is up to 7.5 ml/feeding. They had to move his IV, and I guess Tricia had to wait for an hour while they did that--they had lots of troubles getting one to work, and I would guess that was pretty tough on our little guy. The IV is back in his head again, and that is so emotionally tough for Tricia to see. Today was the first time she has been up to see him without me being there, so it was a pretty tough day for Tricia. The good news is that they are decreasing the amount of IV nutrients that Tommy gets which means that in a few weeks, he won't have a need for the IV any more--as long as he keeps digesting the breastmilk well.

I went back to work today...only for about 6 hours or so. It was nice to get back into the swing of things. All three kids had school today (Kimberlyn, our youngest, goes to Mother's day out). I was pretty worried that they would have troubles getting going, but they all did just great! I am letting Robby stay up late tonight to watch the game--probably a bad idea, but he and my mom just love football, and I figured it would be a nice treat for both of them (and me) to enjoy watching the game together. As you know, being in the military makes it so the kids don't get to spend as much time with extended family as most other kids, so I think the benefits outweigh the costs in this case.

We had a wonderful dinner of sheppard's pie delivered to us...very yummy. We have delivered meals to people before, and you just don't ever realize what a huge help and blessing those meals are until you are on the recieving end! Thanks!

That's it for tonight. Thanks for your continued prayer support---God definately has His loving hand in our lives!