Friends and Family,

 

I apologize for taking so long to update you on Harmony, but it's been crazy and I decided to wait until we had good news!!  Praise the Lord, Harmony is much better.  They started her on reflux medicine Friday night.  They tried to wean her off the oxygen but it takes a while for the medicine to work so they were not able to get her off the oxygen until 3 a.m. Sunday morning.  She has been off since then and has not had any spells where she is just laying there and her stats drop and she turns blue.  She is still having some coughing spells and still chokes and turns colors, but they are less frequent. So they decided to go ahead and do the upper G I this morning to make sure there were no holes in the tube that connects the larynx and the esphogaus.  Praise God there are no holes!!  The radioligist told us that she was refluxing like crazy!!!  So that is why this baby has only gained 2 lbs since birth, she's almost 3 mos. old, and has been congested and sick since 2 wks. old.  She NEVER spits up so I didn't know that a baby can have reflux without spitting up.  It sits in her airway, thus the choking and coughing spells.  She will be taking 2 medicines a day for about a year, then the doctors think she will grow out of it.  She is sick to her stomach from the nasty stuff she drank this morning for the upper G I, but other than that she seems much better.  The doctor is suppose to come talk with us later, he had mentioned that we may get to go home tomorrow!!!  The other kids are so ready for us to come home, but not near as much as Wes and I.  They all came up over the weeekend, but it's not the same.

Thank you for all your prayers , kind words, and loving support!!

Praising God for His healing power,

Belinda