How I’m Doing

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Daniel’s updates can be found here.

My incision is almost healed and hopefully the steri-strips will fall off one of these days.Â? There seem to be no after-effects from the pre-eclampsia and everything seems to have unswelled and gotten back to normal except for my right hand — still having tingling in my fingers.Â? The only thing that hasn’t recovered is my energy level — I’m still really exhausted all the time but that’s to be expected, considering the c-section and how sick I was.

We’re two weeks into what could be an 8-10 week stay in the NICU.Â? We’re commuting back and forth right now though I’ll be staying down here for a few days this weekend while Jon is out of town.Â? We get 2-3 care times with Daniel though only one is hands-on, depending on how he’s doing and what needs to be done.Â? We’re getting church stuff and personal errands done in the morning before we head down and Jon is going to be home all day tomorrow to take care of house stuff while I come down on my own.Â? I’m just now allowed to drive and I’m hoping it goes well tomorrow.

Faith-wise, it was weird having all of this take place during Holy Week.Â? I wasn’t even thinking in terms of the Passion because I missed Palm Sunday and was in the hospital for everything else.Â? I slept through church on Easter Sunday because I just wasn’t up to being around people and I had also just gotten out of the hospital the evening before.Â? It’s been really trying on my spirit though what I haven’t done is ask WHY.Â? It just doesn’t seem like a question that I want answered at the moment.Â? I know that I’m much more grateful for what I have each day and I’m living the admonition in Matthew 6:34 about not worrying about tomorrow because today has its own issues.

Please keep praying for us.Â? We appreciate everyone’s thoughts and prayers as they have helped tremendously.

3 thoughts on “How I’m Doing”

  1. I just returned from Arizona for con-ed. I’ll check in tomorrow when I’m more awake and thinking more clearly.

    Have been praying for all of you this past week…

  2. Prayers of course, lots of continued prayers. I’ve been following Daniel’s progress, thank you for the frequent journal updates.
    I’m glad your feeling better and I hear you about the exhaustion–it can take a very long time to regain all of your energy after a hospital stay, and that’s without a darling baby to be worried about.
    My advice is to leave the steristrips on–the next set never stay on as well.
    and prayers for all of you.

  3. I am so happy to read (at CaringBridge) that he’s off oxygen. Huge steps. I remember how hard that breathing thing can be for the little ones.

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