God Has a Special Place in His Heart for Little Phoebes

A friend of mine messaged me recently and told me the story of her mom. Her mom's mom had health problems and was advised against ever getting pregnant. When she did get pregnant, this strong woman of faith pressed on.  A few months later she went in to pre-term labor and her daughter...my friend's mom...was born early. She was tiny and badly bruised from the trauma of the troubled delivery. But she made it, and she went on to raise three beautiful daughters in the same faith her own mother displayed. My friend's mom's name...is Phoebe. So my friend told me this story and then said this: I think God has a special place in His heart for little Phoebes. I agree.

As for my little Phoebe, she had a pretty good day. She had one brady this morning; hopefully she'll mature out of those soon. She did so-so with her bottles today, but her nurses only tried to bottle feed her twice. Her weight tonight was 4 lbs 6.9 oz. Her bed temp was down to 28.9 when I was there this afternoon, and one of the neonatalogists, Dr. Lantzy, told me that around 28.5 is when they start thinking about moving the baby to an open crib. So she's getting close.  I really like Dr. Lantzy. I talked to him tonight because he answered the phone for the NICU and must have seen the caller I.D. so he asked how I was doing and we talked about Phoebe. He's the Dr. who examined Phoebe in the delivery room and took her to the NICU and began her care. He's also the Dr. who told Chris he was impressed with how calm he was. :-)

One new prayer request: Phoebe will get a CBC tomorrow. Last week, her blood count was low, so we're praying it goes up tomorrow.

I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving! Chris, the boys and I are visiting Phoebe in the morning, then coming home to prepare our first Thanksgiving meal at home. We're excited! I'm, of course, sad that Phoebe will spend her first Thanksgiving in the NICU, and we'll miss our extended family celebrating in Wheeling.  But it's OK because we certainly have a lot to be thankful for this year.