Thirty-Fourth Day...

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word."

Matt. 28:1-8 (ESV)

Happy Resurrection Sunday from the NICU! I hope everyone has a blessed day and a good time at worship. I know today is set aside as a special day, but my folks say every Sunday should be considered a celebration of Christ's resurrection. Anyway, I hope y'all have a great day with your church, family, and friends. My Pop & Meme will be up this afternoon after church, it'll be good to see them. I wish Papa Hal could make the trip, but he works with the Red Cross and is very busy right now. Well, on to the update.


I had another good night in relation to my breathing and feeding. However, my behavior seemed to be lacking a bit, LOL. Let me see, how can I best explain this? At some point last night I made a poopy diaper, which I proceeded to wiggle out of. It doesn't take much imagination to guess what happened next. Yep, got the stuff everywhere in my preemie condo. My nurse, Kim, was like "What have you done!" She wasn't mad, but she did have to bathe me again, LOL. Boys will be boys, I guess. Anyway, she got me all cleaned up and strapped down and the rest of the night went well. Today will consists of the staff really checking my O2 stats. I'm to the point to where my breathing is the main concern. I'm tolerating my feedings, digestion is fine, labs and Xrays are looking better, PRAISE!! The main thing lacking is consistency in breathing. So, remember that when you pray.

Thanks to everyone for lifting me up! I know God has heard each prayer on my behalf. He's been so faithful and gracious to me. Even on the bad days God has never left me as an orphan, He's always here with me. I heard a quote somewhere that said, "God doesn't move without first moving his people to pray." I think there's some truth to that. I'm gonna run for now, Dee and Kelly need to put me through the morning routine. Maybe next year we can celebrate the Resurrection together. Love, JSR.