Joshua's Journey: Day 64

This means stop stressing me out!

I spent the majority of the day at the hospital just waiting to see when Joshua would wake up so I could feed him. He actually woke up at 8 am this morning for the first time and had a full feed. When I got up there around 2 he fed pretty good for about 8 minutes and then was out cold. They had just been in to do some exercises with him to help him loosen up his muscles around his shoulders and neck and I think it wore him out a bit. He was wide awake at about 3:30 and fed for a solid 12 minutes and then fed again at about 4:15 for another 10 minutes. He was wide awake and ended up waking up again as I was leaving. It was prime feeding time! Derek went back in at 8pm and fed him a bottle and he took 43 of the 46ml which was great. I see home in our near future and I can't tell you how excited I am!

I decided to start working out today and made it about 15 minutes and felt like I pulled a muscle in my leg, so we opted to go on a bike ride to take Maddy to the park instead. It was fun.

Thank you so much for all your faithful prayers through these past 64 days. It's always cool to see him answering them right before our eyes. He's a great God and I know He has great things in store for Joshua.

Specifics to pray for:

That Joshua continues to feed well both breast and bottle. He took his tube out tonight and the nurse isn't going to put it back in until he needs it, so pray she doesn't have to put it back in!

That he keeps his oxygenation level up in the high 90's-100 and passes his car seat test with flying colors.

For rest and time management for both Derek and me. I have always been an on the go type person, but the problem is I'm just much more tired right now with trying to keep up the same pace. Pray that I will get all rested before Josh comes home.

For Josh's friends in the NICU and their parents.

We will go where God leads and He will guide and direct us as we try to be a light for other parents in the NICU!

Blessings and wisdom for the NICU staff.