Prayer Requests

I know that so many of you are praying for us. Thank you. I assure you, they are being heard and answered! I have a few specific prayer requests for our little one. As I've mentioned, the plan is for her to be discharged on Wednesday! That's in 2 days! I am dying with anticipation. All the babies that were in the NICU when we arrived 2 weeks ago have all gone home. New ones have come in and gone home. It's our turn!

But...there are some things that need to happen before she's set loose:

1. Eye Exam- on Tuesday morning she'll be given another eye exam. I had the unfortunate experience of witnessing one of these 2 weeks ago. Thankfully, we have an app't with our agency Tuesday morning so I get to miss this one. The eye exam is quite stressful on the poor babies and they want to make sure that Avi is stable enough off the oxygen and won't go into distress during or after the exam. Please pray that her little lungs would be strong enough to handle the stress of this exam.

2. Car Seat Test: A few of you have asked about this. All preemie babies have to pass the car-seat test before getting out. What this means is they have to sit buckled into their seats for 90 minutes and be able to remain stable. If they show signs of distress, they fail the test and they have to take it again later. Avi's car-seat test will be happening Tuesday evening. She will have had time to recover from her eye exam and hopefully be good to go! Please pray that she passes this test first try!

So if the eye exam and car-seat test go well, she's outta there! She also had some bloodwork done the other day to test for a bunch of things related to her partial missing membrane. Please pray that these come back normal. The doctor thinks her case is very mild, but he needed to test just to make sure. Also, we are still waiting on our travel papers. Pray that these come quickly!

It is so humbling to know that so many of you are praying for us. Thank you doesn't do justice to how grateful we feel. I am always willing to reciprocate, so if you need prayers, just ask! I love the body of Christ!