Sunday, November 20, 2011 8:15pm
Morgan has a very good weekend! We are excited to have many uneventful days where Morgan slowly, but surely improves.
Morgan continues to breathe with the nasal cannula. Over time, we hope to be able to reduce Morgan's dependency on the oxygen support and, therefore, wean her off the cannula. Morgan can come home with a cannula, but it is ideal for her to come home nasal cannula free!
She is tolerating her feedings. Today, she weighed .... get ready .... four pounds! She has crossed another threshold! Yea, Morgan! Morgan continues to visibly get bigger. She has come a long way from one pound five ounces! In order for Morgan to come home, she will have to learn to eat from a bottle. Each time they feed her, they try to get her to take the pacifier, They hope she is learning to associate the sucking with the food hitting her tummy. We hope they attempt to teach her to use the bottle again this week!
The nurse told me that the phyical therapist has said numerous times that Morgan has the best posture and range of motion of any baby in the nicu! What a huge honor to have! Her nurse said she believed it because, as compared to other babies at her age, she looks so phyically healthy. Seth and
I are pound of our sweet Morgan's accomplishment! That is huge!
We continue to pray for her lung healing and growth, her overall growth in the development, her learning to eat from a bottle, and against any infections. We pray also for her continued care and those who are charged with this task! We are blessed with such wonderful caregivers.
On Friday night, Seth and I got to witness a "first" for Morgan. While on her tummy, we witnessed her turning her head from facing left to facing right all by herself. She pushed up with her arms then rotated her head. It was an unbelievable moment! Seth and I were so fired up and excited to see our big girl getting so strong!
Today, we got to assist in Morgan's bath. Morgan has her first tub experience, and she was very unsure about sitting in the water! She tolerated it well, and it was fun for us to capture her expressions on the camera! I even got one of her sticking her tongue out at us! That girl has a mind of her own!
Thank you for your continued support, love and prayers for all three of us! We are aware that are many prayer warriors keeping up with our Morgan that we do not even know. We are so humbled! Your prayers are certainly felt and working! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! God is so good!
Love,
Elizabeth and Seth McCoin
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