Thoroughly Thankful

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Morgan had another really good day.  In this week of thanks, we have so much to be thankful for.  In less than two days, we'll all sit around a table of turkey, while our little turkey fights away in the hospital.  She continues to spread her feathers and show us how blessed we are.

Morgan's lungs continue to do well.  She has been on the nasal cannula for some time now, but today she showed signs that she may need a little more help.  She was introduced to the high-flow cannula.  This is not alarming, it simply gives us a little more wiggle room to keep her off of the C-PAP.  While we would like for her to move further away, we understand that the roller coaster is still in-play.  The next step is to return to the nasal cannula very soon.

Today, we had hoped that the speech therapists would make their way to Morgan's crib.  Unfortunately, they weren't able to make it all the way through their rounds today, but we were in for a special surprise, anyway.  Our precious nurse tried to tinker with Morgan's 3:00 pm feeding and give us a gift.  As the cap of a bottle was placed in Morgan's mouth, she began to show signs that she just might be able to take a bottle.  Milk was dripped into the absent-bottled end of the cap she gnawed on the rubber contraption and took the milk down, to the tune of 7 cc's!  Almost a fourth of her regular feeding(s)!  What a major accomplishment! 

Sweet Morgan continues to receive her vaccines.  She has handled them well and we pray that she will continue to do so.  These are vital to her, as they were to all of us, however, this little princess tends to need a little more care in the administration of each of them. 

As I stated earlier, this is a week of thanks in our wonderful country.  Elizabeth and I are so thankful for our privilege to live here.  We are thankful for the wonderful care our children have been able to receive.  We are thankful for our God and all He has provided.  As we sit around our tables of thanks, on Thursday, please remember how lucky each of us are.  The founders of our country were as rebellious as precious Morgan is to a diaper change (and that's a pretty big rebellion).  Give thanks for all of those in your presence and all of those who have taught you along the way.  Pray for our Morgan and remember OUR Houston.  Each of us have so much to be thankful for.  We are very blessed.  As an overly proud father, I can say that we are all blessed this year, more than last.  Houston and Morgan have touched all of us in such an amazing capacity, I could never write the appropriate adjectives, metaphors or similes.  Remember these lessons and give thanks... Great thanks.  Selfishly, I'm adding the link to the lessons that Houston taught us, please click, read and be thankful for what he did for us:  http://ourmiraclemorgan.blogspot.com/2011/09/houston-fathers-remembrance.html

As my family assembles around a feast, we will be thankful for all of you.  We will be thankful for the lessons we've learned, the wonderful angels that have cared for our children and the overwhelming blessings that have been bestowed upon us.  Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. 

Thanks be to God.

Seth and Elizabeth McCoin