After Lilly's surgery, she was moved to an isolation room. Test results showed that not only did she have sepsis infection in her blood, she also had Rotavirus which would really put the other babies in ICU at risk. Man, the lengths that princess will go to to get her own room! In fact, on this day visiting Lilly we had to don some protective gear. We were required to wear gloves, face masks, and gowns to visit our little girl. We also had to perform an extensive cleaning ritual both before and after we would go into her room.
Day 3 in ICU (the day after Lilly's surgery) showed a decrease in infection levels, and on this day our spirits really improved. She was still in a lot of pain, so we restricted our visits to talking, singing, and softly stroking our sweet baby's face, head, and hands. I was still caught up in disbelief that this was all happening, but so relieved that she was now on the path of recovery.
In fact, we found that we had a lot to be thankful for on this day. We felt thankful that the knowledge and expertise of the doctors had taken care of a potentially fatal illness at just the right time and our baby was finally starting to improve. We felt thankful that we could once again imagine putting little pink dresses on this beautiful girl, and wonder at how much Cooper would torment his little sister. My brother, Alan, had been sending e-mails out to friends and family updating them on Lilly's condition. Because of this throughout the days we received a constant stream of encouraging e-mails with words of love and support and prayers lifted up for Lilly. We felt especially thankful for all the people who cared for us and who were asking God for healing for our precious baby. Thank you all so much for your kind words. I wish I could adequately put into words how much it meant to us and how much we looked forward to checking Peter's blackberry in these days. We were both truly touched.
Day 5 in the ICU was a day full of wondeful news. Lilly's sweet nurse stopped us in the hallway and told us not to be shocked that something was missing from Lilly's face. Her ventilator was gone! Next came the news that this day would be Moving Day for Lilly. She was going to be headed to the ward for premature babies. And the best news of all for me . . . I would get to hold my baby for the first time since Sunday morning before she was ever transferred (this was a Thursday).
Here are pictures from the ICU:
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I think I speak for all of your friends and family...sending you love, prayers and encouragement to you all is only a fraction of what you guys would do for any of us in tough situations. She is so precious. I love the holding hand picture.
Amy, Peter, Cooper and Lilly,
We are saying prayers for your sweet and faithful family. Lilly looks so great; so healthy and pink. She looks like she's going to recover like a champ! Stay strong! We're sending so much love your way.
Holli, Helen and Molly Bradberry
Augusta, Ga
Yeah Lilly!! She looks great guys! I'm so happy for her steady progress. How sweet it must be to finally hold her again. Please let Alan know if you have new specific prayer needs are now as so many of mine for you have already been answered.
She is a gorgeous baby! I pray that God will continue to watch over Lilly's recovery and get you all home to Cooper soon.
Brandi
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