Praise God Always

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

We are all so quick to pray to God when we are in need of something, we beg him--then he answers our prayers and we forget to PRAISE him! I admit I have been guilty of this many times; even last week I found myself doing this. I try to pray on and off throughout the day & night; after Coy started doing better last week, I found myself daydreaming about other things instead of PRAISING GOD for what he had done. I kept begging him days before at every opportunity I had, but then suddenly I got what I wanted and was on to other things...lets all take a moment to THANK GOD for all your blessings! Yes, everyone has stresses in their life, but just be thankful for what you have today!

So, I am now PRAISING GOD for all he's given me; my wonderful husband, my family & friends, the awesome doctors and nurses in the NICU, and our beautiful baby boy! I am SO, SO thankful for him. He has brought tremendous joy into our lives; made us realize how blessed we are.

We had another good day with Coy. I was able to hold him for 4 hours! The first hour or so, Coy would not settle down; he kept squirming and kicking his legs into me; he then got into a comfortable position and fell asleep. He has been desating more than before, but they say this is expected of a baby of his gestational age. Of course it scares us (especially his grandmothers) when he does this, but hopefully soon he'll grow out of this. His blood gas wasn't where they wanted it last night, so they increased his ventilator rate to 35BPM. I was disappointed this morning, but I know this his part of the ride; three steps forward, two back. Overall, his respiratory function is good--please pray for continued healing and maturing of Coy's lungs. Pray that his oxygen requirement will be decreased; pray for his blood gases to improve!

His feedings were increased to 6cc every 3 hours! This is the most Coy has every taken! He tolerated his first two feeds while we were there, hopefully this continues through the night. Pray that Coy continues to digest his milk, that it nourishes his body, that he will gain weight! Pray against an infection called NEC that has a very bad prognosis for preemie babies. For Coy to be able to stop receiving IV fluids, he would need to be taking 15 cc every feeding. We are working that way! Pray that Coy will be on full feedings soon and his IV can be taken out!

Coy is still on his antibiotics and will stay on them until Wednesday. Thanks be to God for Coy's negative blood cultures! Please pray that he will remain infection free for the rest of his stay in the NICU.

His urine output has been just a little low over the past few days. It is just under the amount that the doctors consider "normal". Please pray that Coy's urine output remains stable and he his able to excrete fluids as he needs to...

Again, we are so thankful for all your thought and prayers!

The video below was made fo us by a friend! Enjoy!