Watching Her Sleep.......

29 WEEKS and COUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had so much time this past week to reflect on the past 28 years. My daughter is a trooper and she is quite the mama fighting to keep Alaina, Jaxson and Jameson inside until 30 plus weeks. As I rock in this hospital room rocker watching Laura fighting this eclampsia battle, I am flooded with things from the memory bank and the tear bank. I remember when..............

She tried to come early at 7 weeks gestation, and my little fight began, and now to see my daughter engaged in no fight, but a war, a war with her body and so I pray........

Memories of a little baby girl being taken to the NEO Unit for only a few days is nothing now compared to Laura and Ryan knowing that their babies will be taken to NICU until Mid-November is nothing that I had to do, and so I pray........

Memories of walking, sleeping in my bed at home, seeing and talking with friends, going into labor just a tad early is nothing compared to Laura hospitalized at 28 weeks, sky high blood pressure, fluid retention all over her little body, going on a diurectic and a hypertensive med, needing breathing treatments and oxygen in order to keep their babies inside longer, and so I pray........

Memories of no worries or fears and praying for Laura who came home with us from the hospital, is nothing compared to what my son-in-law and daughter are going through, and so I pray......

Yes! Our God who is faithful has blessed Laura and Ryan with another week! For every day their babies stay inside, means 2 days they WILL NOT be in NICU! And so I pray and I praise........

Laura's kidneys are working great, daily her fluid is leaving her body, daily her puffiness is better, daily she looks and feels better, so I pray and praise.. .....

Alaina, Jaxson and Jameson's hearts are beating, their placenta~fluids look great and they are flipping, moving, kicking and just having a ball in their mama's womb, so I pray and praise.......

Dr. Elliott came in this morning and briskly walked up to her bed and gave her a big "high~five" and said "Way to Go!, I think we are going to make it to 30 weeks!" Oh I wish all of you could have seen the smiles on his and Laura's faces! Then he said that when she gets to 30 "who knows, maybe we will just keep on going"! And so I pray and praise......

So I ask you to join with me, Uncle David, the other grandparents and the great-grandparents, all our family, the friends & churches in Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Germany, Texas and California in lifting up Laura, Ryan and their babies. We ask You Lord for 30 plus weeks for the babies to be inside their mama, we ask You Lord to continue to take care of Laura's kidneys, blood pressure, asthma and strength. Oh God we thank You for what You have already done and for keeping Laura from delivering so far. Lord, help us to give You all the honor and glory and testify to others all that You have brought us through. We continue to trust in You Lord, for You alone are The Strength, The Hope, The Lover of our souls and The One in Whom we TRUST. Thank You Lord for all that You are going to do, in Your Name and Your Will we pray. AMEN! I leave you all praying and praising.......