Happy Birthday!

Today Inara is 2 weeks old!



It has been a few days since I updated because the past few days have been hard for me. Tuesday she was moved from Good Samaritan Hospital to St. Elizabeth in Edgewood. It truly was an answered prayer because it is so much closer to us, which means we can see her more often! While it is a blessing she was moved, the move was hard for me! St. Elizabeth's Special Care Nursery feels like a dungeon. It is old, outdated, and there is NO privacy there. Also they had to put her back on oxygen. The poor nurse that had her that day probably thought I was a loon. I cried literally the WHOLE time I was there. There were just so many differences, and I wasn't expecting that. I know she is in good hands, not because of the staff there, but because God wanted her to move there. He mad our insurance allow for the transport and he knows all. What a comfort it is to me to know she is in the best place to be...in the palm of God's hands. And I must continue to trust in that.

I have been crazy emotional lately. Crying all day long, and over the smallest most insignificant things. I think it is hard to not have Inara home with me, but on top of that I am pretty sure my hormones are running wild. So far, through the tears, I have been able to remember, know, and have chosen to act based on the truth of God's word and not how I feel. I pray this continues.

Today I visited with her and it was SO much better. The nurse was very attentive to her, and treated her well. For now I have NO privacy with her in order to have Kangaroo Care time with her. Since she is on oxygen, I can't go into a private room with her, and they also can't move her to the back of the room (that has a curtain) because that area has no hook up for oxygen. This is a real bummer for me, so we are praying that God will keep her well and we can get the oxygen off of her STAT! :)