Archive for April, 2008
- Prenatal Care in Spain: the Midwife
As I wrote last week, we decided to supplement my prenatal care with visits to two independent midwives. “Independent” meaning they work outside of our insurance network and the Social Security system. We had a “meet and greet” visit with Menchu two weeks ago and she spent nearly an hour and a half with us [...]
- Josiah’s Prayers
We’ve been praying almost 3 months now for Baby David, and Josiah has learned that when someone is sick or hurt we pray that Jesus will heal them. This morning his babysitter called to say she wasn’t able to come today because she had just had an infected tooth pulled and was still in a [...]
- Prenatal Care in Spain: doctor visits
I’ve been wanting to write about this topic ever since my first OB visit in January, so I have a bit to catch up on, but first I’d like to report that Isabela and I are doing well. She’s moving a lot and seems to get quite excited when I eat chocolate . . .
- It’s a girl!
We learned a few weeks ago that our little baby is a girl! We’re so excited! And we’re also excited to share that we have a name for her: Isabela, “bela” for short. I finally took photos of the ultrasounds we’ve received throughout the pregnancy. She does look kind of strange in them, but oh [...]
- A bit more time!
Oh how I have neglected my blog/journal, and yet all the while have craved the time and opportunity I needed to document the meaningful and notable events of our lives! Our days have been full and busy, productive and exhausting. . . caring for Josiah, housework, community responsibilities and maintaining relationships keep us occupied enough; [...]
- David – April 10 and 14
April 10: “Breathing is much better today. They are concerned because it looks like he’s regressed neurologically because of this infection, to the point that he doesn’t need sedation to be intubated. But some people seem to think is only temporarily. The isolated the germ today so they know it’s a ICU bacteria. The theory [...]
- David – April 9 – Pray Hard!!
Ok, this is a bit like a roller coster… Today he’s having a hard time breathing. We were actually told “if he makes it out of this one” like 5 times. The liquid in his lungs is making it difficult for him to breath even despite the machine. And there’s nothing else they can do [...]
- David – April 6
Davy is having 65ml of his enriched breastmilk now.
- David – April 1
So Davy is up to 60ml now. They are mixing Rachel’s milk with Human Milk fortifier to increase the number of calories and be able to take off the IV so we can interact with him more. Once that happens in the next few days we’ll go with him to the gym at the Hospital [...]