MarknBarbie

Does that go for kids too?

And so ends another week of ‘renovating with babies’. Jack was the performance highlight today, after a morning trip to have his own ultrasound back at McMaster (things look fine), he drummed with paint stir sticks.

So glad we picked a colour finally. I wish the living room would paint itself.

Maybe one more week to get ready for the girls!

Paigey and Mommy after a long but good week.

Man, tonight it’s warmer in the hospital than it is outside. Warm like an incubator. Maybe it’s good because Paige jumped up in weight a whole 65 grams again today, and Jessie and Ruth around 25. I know I keep tracking it, but sometimes it really is a numbers game.

Time to pray with the girls, put them to bed, and try and find some bubble tea in this city.

Paige’s little heart problem.

The heart ultrasound results came back this evening just as we finished feeding the girls and were about to leave.. Essentially, Paige has a heart murmur. It’s why her heart rate has always been a bit higher (even in the womb), and why her blood pressure shot up last week.

If you look at the diagram, blood flows normally into the right atrium, around to the left, and is pumped out to the body. That dark little scribble in the middle is where Paige has a 3mm hole. So, some blood goes back into the right atrium again. Eventually, it all flows back out to the body and gets where it needs to go. BUT it’s more work for Paige.

The doc says it will most likely get smaller and may eventually disappear. It’s a fairly common heart issue won’t greatly affect her. But at this point, it’s more work for Paige.

Seems to me that instead, Dad should do the work of praying that 3mm closed soon so Paigey can grow big. You guys know what to do. It’s comforting Jesus already knew it, now we get the chance to ask him to do what he loves.

Making all things new.

Here’s the weights as of yesterday.

Grow girls grow.
Home soon.

Paige is okay!

So the doctors came in earlier than usual and said they’re still going to do a couple more tests, but that Paige’s blood pressure has now dropped to the normal range. Haza!

It’s probably ‘cause we have a Great Physician.

Just sayin’

John 5:1-9

Paige.

The doctors came in just now and let us know they haven’t figured things out. Kidney ultrasound unremarkable, thyroid test still needs to come back, ECG normal, they’re doing an echocardiogram just to be thorough.

After that we’re on to looking for less common causes, not sure how I feel about that.

So at this point it’s probably not heart or major system related as far as we can tell. It might go away, but if it doesn’t the doctors say it’s significant enough that they’ll need to treat it.

I’m glad knowing Jesus keeps my hand away from the panic button.

Pray it away folks. Pray it away.

Something is up with Paige.

She has high blood pressure, which is not normal for preemie. Not sure exactly what that means, except that the doctors are concerned enough to order an ultrasound and a battery of tests for this afternoon.

And then I remember Jesus knows exactly what’s happening, and I breath easy.

The boys met their sisters yesterday!

Jack immediately climbed up on the incubator and started drumming out a beat, and whenever Emmet saw the girls his eyes went wide and he just smiled and laughed and laughed.

:)

Happy Long Weekend!

I will be using my three days to hold
ma three little girls even more.

… and to take their mom out on the town. :)

Potential.

I love our backyard. And working on the lawn/garden de-stresses us (Barb and the kids included) just about as well as anything else.

See just around to the left? Gonna plant
my grandfather’s Rhubarb there.

And cool grass will spring up under our our feet.

But maybe you already know what I’m thinking. That it’s nice to make things grow, and keep tending your work until it’s just right.

I feel well tended.

Jesus thinks you have potential too. :)