prayer answered

It amazes me the number of people we have praying for our family.  Mostly it's the friends of friends that we don't know or have not even met.  What doesn't amaze me is what the power of prayer can do.  Since we left the hospital last Sunday so many people have been praying that a room at the Ronald McDonald house opens up so we can be close to Lucy.  If you don't know about Ronald McDonald house, it's a dorm-like living establishment where you have a private bedroom and bathroom and shared kitchen and living room.  It's for families that have children in the hospital and live more then 10 miles away.  When this specific prayer was answered, I didn't imagine that we would actually get more than we asked for.  Through friends of friends of friends, (shout out to John and Marcie Curran for helping to hook us up) we found a family that has an attached separate living area. with private entrance.  It's a one bedroom with bathroom, kitchen and living room and is five minutes from the hospital.  This space is really perfect for us because it allows us to stay close to Lucy while she has surgery until she's stable and then go back home until the next procedure.  The owners told us all we need to do is call when the next procedure is scheduled and we can come to pick up the keys.  We just can't thank everyone enough for the prayers and praise God for answering this prayer before her first procedure.

  After we went to see the apartment, we stopped in for a visit with Lucy.  She is now up to 3 pounds and 15 ounces.  Yes, she is growing like crazy and we hope it continues.  The bigger she grows the sooner she can have her procedures which means the sooner she can come home with us.  As for all her other vitals, they remain stable and unchanged.  No news with her vitals is good news!  The best part of yesterday's visit was we finally got to hold our baby!  Of course I cried, tears of joy though.
She was wrapped in about 3 blankets to hold all her tubes in place but it was so worth it.  Even better, in my opinion, was watching Daddy hold his baby girl.

The last piece of good news was the NICU lifted the visitor restriction, so both our parents can finally meet their first grandchild.  We cannot wait for them to meet her!