Shades On, Please

Monday, March 19, 2012 9:45pm

Our little Morgan has been a sweet angel for the past three days. When she is awake, she is very alert and playful. She has constant vistors (i.e. the entire nursing staff) who interact with her, talk to her, and encourage her. We are so blessed that they love Morgan and want to hang out with her.

Honestly, there is very little to report. Medically, there is not much change. She continues to hold her course and the doctor is weaning her medicine when he can. Morgan has stayed very consistent on her her oxygen levels for almost a week now. Tomorrow they will try to wean that a teeny tiny bit. They have to encourage her to progress forward. Please pray she will tolerate it and improve.

Morgan has slept through the night for a week or so now. Sometimes she will wake up to a dirty diaper, but once changed, she quickly falls back asleep. We have no idea when they will stop the 3am feed, but I hope it is before she comes home! ;)

Developmentally, Morgan continues to progress. She is gaining further head control. She is close to sitting by herself. She is becoming more aware of her body. She holds her hands together and uses her fists to rub her face. We work with her to encourage her to find her feet with her hands. If held upright, she will stand on her feet, and even bounce up in down as if she was doing squats.

Today we put sunglasses on our little one. She was sitting in her exercsaucer, basking in the sunlight from the windows. She was one cool chick. Word spread quickly and many came to see how cute she was in her shades. In fact, the sunglasses provided enough darkness that she feel asleep sitting up. When I took them off her she squinted and made a face at me.

Please continue to pray for her lungs, her over health, against infections and for her doctors and nurses. We know they are doing everything medically possible to help her grow and mature. We just want her home with us. We know we are waiting on her lungs to improve in strength. We are prayerful she will be home sooner rather than later.

Thanks for all your support!

Love, Elizabeth and Seth McCoin