OUR THREE WEEK OLD MIRACLE!

Hi everyone, yes our Sweet Sofia is three weeks old today and getting stronger and more lovely each day. Thank you Lord and thank all of you for your prayers. Our baby is definitely blessed with the Lords love and smiled upon by many angels. (Thank you Angels Avery & Drew). Well my Catherine finally got to hold Sofia and I finally got to see her hold her. What a beautiful site, my heart is so full of love for these two. As some of you already know CDH babies are given strong medication for different reasons. When they are weaned off they go through withdrawal symptons including sleeplessness, shaking, flinching and frustration. It's hard to watch and we have to keep reminding ourselves that this is another step on their journey to come home I had to pull a 13 hour work shift today but when I got to the hospital no one else was waiting to see Sofia. I walked to her little corner (Catherine had told me Sofia had been put in a little crib) I saw 3 nurses between Sofia and where another baby lay but I didn't notice what they were doing. I walked around the crib and it was empty. Wow! Did I get a jolt! I asked where Sofia was and one of the nurses turned around in her chair. She was holding Sofia. Two thoughts went through my head at the same time. First, I'd never seen my grand daughter sitting upright, she looked adorable, and second how jealous I was that this person was holding her. But then she put the baby back in the crib and I got to be with her all by myself for almost an hour. She was fussy at first, she's really so tired and hungry. Cat got to put up her Winnie the Pooh mobile so I turned it on and sang the song to her. She stared at me and I patted her bottom till she fell asleep. It was wonderful! Of course I cried, I do that alot lately for the littlest things. Like she actually had a little tee shirt on today, how cute is that?! All of a sudden these two men came in and one of them in a very loud "Rush Lindberg" kinda voice, asked if we'd met. I said no and he asked if I was the grandmother. I told him I was and he introduced himself as the surgeon who did Sofia's operation. I immediately forgave the loud voice and thanked him for all he'd done for Sofia. Instead of moving on he removed the little towel I'd used to shield Sofia's eyes from the lights and said he'd not seen her since she was extubated. Sofia woke up and looked at him with her big brown eyes for a moment then started to cry. OK doc time to move on...wait he then said what a lovely little girl she was. Forgiven again. Sofia is pretty feisty according to her nurses. She pulled the tube out today that is suctioning her tummy and she lets everyone know when she's not happy in her little froggy voice. I love her. If all that wasn't enough, the hospital asked permission to use Sofia's photo along with some of the other babies in NICU for the children's Miracle Network and they are interviewing Catherine. I'm not sure what Cat will be wearing but Sofia will be wearing Winnie the Pooh, pink of course (though Daddy wanted her to wear her first Harley Davidson Tee) I took photos of Cat holding Sofia and with the three of them together so they will be on blog soon. Well I have gone on tonight and tomorrow will be another long day. I haven't even checked the other babies sites yet but I hope all is going good. Any one hear from Krista yet? Pray for all our babies. God bless and goodnight.
Love,
Yvonne