Joshua's Journey: Day 38

Such a cutie!

Distractions. I have so many of them. They keep me away from having quality time with The Lord and quality time with Joshua. My phone was sitting on the arm of the chair when I was holding Joshua.  I  have this beautiful baby in my arms and I can't go more than 5 minutes without checking my messages, checking my email, or checking Facebook. It was sad really. I decided for that for the last 15 minutes of holding my little miracle baby that I would pray and just look at my little boy. I got about 3 minutes into it and my praying led to thinking which led to me realizing I needed to check something on my phone. I didn't, but I can't tell you how badly I wanted to pick it up. So, I'm getting off this addiction that is taking away from things that truly matter. My phone is going away while I am holding Joshua, playing with Maddy and riding in the car with my hubby. I take those times way too forgranted and I want to change that! Maddy and Josh aren't going to be little forever and I want to cherish the moments.

Josh has had a good day. I held him twice today, so he got a little extra snuggle time! It was great for me and for him. He lost a bit of weight, but only 10 grams. He's still 3 lbs 7 oz! He also went from 4 liters per minute to 3 lpm's today, which means he's one step closer to being off the machines all together. It could be as early as this weekend that he will be down to just his feeding tube!!

Specifics to pray for:

That he will continue to maintain great vitals all they begin to decrease the amount of pressure he's getting for his lungs. That he will continue to breath deep and that his oxygenation level stays around 100.

For him to continue to grow and eat well and breastfeed well when it comes time!

That he will remain infection free and he will begin to be able to regulate his temp so that he can be on room air and wear clothes!

For all the NICU staff to be blessed and have wisdom as they are dealing with Joshua and his friends.

That his friend Jaxon will be able to go home tomorrow and that they will be able to enjoy quality time as a family once he's home. Also that they get as much good sleep as possible with a newborn!

That God will be glorified through our lives and Joshua's story!

For Maddy to get back to her normal sleep as much as possible. I am finishing writing this at 11:15 pm and she is up and playing like it's 11:15 am.

Thanks for all the prayers!!