Saturday, May 31, 2008

4 pounds! YEA!!!!!

Dear Friends and Family,
Reagan reached her 4 pound mark yesterday. She continues to gain each day. We are so proud of her. It is hard to believe at 4 pounds you can have fat rolls but Reagan has some chunky thighs and a double chin. She continues to get cuter every day. The doctors are letting me bottle feed Reagan again. She is loving this and takes her one ounce in about 15 min. As long as the strider does not return we can start weaning her oxygen flow. She remains on 21%(room air)! Way to go Reagan.
We still are having problems with reflux and are back on the wedge but so far not as many drops in heart rate and oxygen. Our hope is that Reagan will be able to come home mid June. We are continuing to trust God to bring our little girl home soon.
Someone asked about the Doctors expectations once Reagan comes home. While no one knows what the future holds we hope Reagan will make a full recovery. She is given till the age of 2 years to developmentally catch up to her age. She may progress quicker or longer; time will tell. Right now there are no physical signs to think less than the best so that is what our hopes and prayers are. God has been so good to us and we know how blessed we are. Reagans future is in His hands!
We will continue to update and post more pictures soon. As always thanks for the prayers and support!
Love,
Amy, Robert and Reagan

10 comments:

Valerie said...

That's awesome! Good job Reagan!!

Holly said...

Praise the Lord for yet another mile stone in this wonderful little one's life!

So much love!
Aunt Holly

Meme said...

Yippee! With the gain of two more ounces she'll be 3 times her birth weight!

At 5 pounds, we will have to proclaim this little girl the Dixie Crystal Princess or the Domino Sugar Dumpling for the day as "she'll always be our sugar"! Love, Meme

Anonymous said...

Way to go Reagen!! 4 pounds Keep up the good work. We are looking forward to the day you all come home!

Love
The Goins

Anonymous said...

Reagan,
Way to go! You keep growing so you can get home and enjoy being outside this summer.

Robert and Amy,
I'm praying for ALL of you. Make sure to get some rest and relax. I'm sure you're both working yourselves too much.

Love, Jessica McCarl

Judith and Lance said...

YAY for Reagan. I'm so happy for you, little girl! How exciting to be HAPPY to put on weight, I wish I was that way!! :) My heart is rejoicing and thanking God for all of your progress. You are a miracle baby.

Anonymous said...

Still praying for you little Reagan. May God continue to give you strength as He grows you each day!

Love,
Nurse Angela

Unknown said...

still praying and rejoicing in her progress!

Tina Bartlett said...

I am so happy to hear about all the great progress. She is getting so big. I can't wait to be able to meet her.

Thank you guys for your awesome testimony. Your family has been such a blessing to us.

I know Savannah is looking forward to meeting her as well.

Love,
The Bartletts

The Knipps said...

Wooo Girl! Fat thighs already! You go Reagan!!! :)

It sounds like those bottles are quite the favorite! I hope she continues to do well so she can wean off that canula!!

We can't wait for Reagan to come home so you guys can get some normalcy back!!! A new normal where someone wakes you up screaming and crying at 3:00am. Well, someone other than Robert now, Amy. :) :) (You know I had to.) :)

We love you guys and continue to pray for you all!