Saturday Evening - Night Rounds

We are about to go through rounds for the day, but a quick update. Emma is having a few more bradys and apneas than she was having before, but that is just the roller coaster of the NICU.

Her weight has been steady at 1lb 10oz although we are hopeful that she will start gaining lots more weight - BECAUSE SHE IS ON FULL FEEDS NOW!!

Yup I mentioned it last night, but she is finally on full feeds and off all additional liquids. My very fist question this evening will be - when do we get that pic line out of her :-) - side note (after I wrote this we got the all clear - line is coming out YAY!!)

She is loving her time with Bianca and her way fun kangaroo care. One day at a time is all we can ask for. She has begun developing some breathing issues, but we both think this is more due to the mask then anything else. Nurses also think it may be that she is feeding so much more now, but its not making us super happy. Other than that things are going as well as we can expect and we are happy and glad that she is doing well.

Today also is one month since Eva left this world much too early. We were able to take flowers and visit with her this morning and were reminded of that amazing, scary, difficult and humbling road we have been on. It is hard to believe that so much has happened so fast. I can't thank all those who have worried, prayed and pleaded to God on our behalf. I feel that all of those prayers have been answered and we are so thankful for the blessings in our lives.

A big thank you for all those who have donated to the March of Dimes on behalf of Eva, we are so happy at the amount of money that was raised for this amazing cause. We have met so many parents, nurses, doctors and dear friends now that work miracles each and every day that we feel so humbled that there are still very good people in this world. We will be closing the site tonight and again a sincere thank you.

To end this evenings blog post I'd like to include a poem/story that I received over ten years ago from one of my dearest mentors Coach Deby Lewis  - Thank you Coach for being such an amazing person - not a day goes by that I don't use what you taught me about being a leader, a student, a role model and most importantly a friend! I didn't appreciate this I think when I was 17, or at least not at this level and I am sure in another ten years I will look at this again and realize I still don't appreciate it today :-)

The Value of Time:

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.

It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.

What would you do?

Draw out every cent, of course!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.

Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”. You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success!

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

To realize the value of one year,

ask a student who has failed his final exam.

To realize the value of one month,

ask the parent of a premature baby.

To realize the value of one week,

ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of one day,

ask a daily wage laborer who has a large family to feed.

To realize the value of one hour,

ask lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute,

ask a person who has missed the train, the bus, or a plane.

To realize the value of one second,

ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond,

ask the person who has won a silver medal at the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. And remember that time waits for no one.

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