All Is Well...

We are glad to Finally Say...WE ARE HOME!!! It is such a relief to have everyone home. Sophie had to come home on a monitor and Oxygen...What a Pain. We were really wanting her to come home free of stuff, but I am just glad we got to bring her home. There have been so many blessings for us, and I am grateful that everything has worked out. She has been home for just over a week, and it has been such a great week. We have saved on gas by not driving to the hospital 4+ times a day. Jake has been so funny, he comes and want to hold her, and either pushes her away when we put her in his lap or he touches her nose and says "noe" . He has cracked me up, because he'll come up to her while I am holding her and he tries to lay on her...in a loving way. It has been such an adventure for our family, and an adventure to come. Thanks for everyone's support through the rough time, and Love you all...
Here is a picture share...

SHE IS COMING HOME!!!!

Sophie has had a rough couple of days. They have tried to take her off of oxygen 2 times...Unsucsessfully. They finally concluded that she has Anemia, and her red blood cells were not making enough oxygen for her. So we decided to do a blood transfusion...Hard decision by the way. She had her first one yesterday at 4:30pm, then they took her off the oxygen at 5:30pm. She has been off of it ever since, which she has to stay off for 24 hours. They did the 2nd transfusion last night around 11:00pm, and her color has improved, and her blood count has gone up. So as of right now she will be able to come home as Charlie says, "Electronic Free." If she does go back onto oxygen, heaven forbid, she will still come home tomorrow, but she will be on oxygen and a monitor. So there is the Final Update. Thanks to everyone who has gone above and beyond to help us out the last couple weeks. We are blessed to have such a great support system, and the gosple in our lives. Heavenly Father has definately had His hand in this whole thing, and has shown us how much He loves us and our little Sophie.

Update...Again

Well, little Sophie has her IV out of her head, YAHOO!!! And now completely off of her feeding tube. So she just needs to gain weight, and get off of her oxygen which hopefully will be tomorrow. She has to be on room air for 24 hours, and then they will let her come home. She is on 30%, and 1/2 liter of oxygen. She needs to get down to 21% and 1/4 liter, and then they will try to ween her off. They are going to turn it down gradually today, and tonight to hopefully try her on her own tomorrow. The doctor is thinking Monday or Tuesday most likely for her to come home, but it will all depend on how she does today. OH, and she is in a regular open bassinet, which was the last move now that she is off of almost everything. Good Riddens to those other dumb beds. They are just too big, and I couldn't kiss her after I laid her down!!

So here are some AWESOME Pictures...We held her, and now it is so much harder to leave her in the Hospital. The first ones were the first night we got to hold her...I Bawled. It was a little awkward because of all the stuff she was attatched to. But it was ok, because she was in our arms. All I can say is I am getting very anxious to get her home, where she belongs!!



This one is cute, when Charlie goes to burp her, she has her little arm up like this and it is so cute. I love to see Charlie with Sophie it is an incredible feeling. He is a great dad, and I Love him. He is a great support, and a fantastic husband.


Such a Cuddle Bug!!

Sophie Update

Sophie is doing so good... we went to the Hospital this morning and the updates could not have been better. What she had was inflammation in the lungs, replicating Pneumonia. She wasn't sick with Pneumonia, but her body was fighting it like she had it. She had a hole in her lung, which they were hoping would heal itself. Then her oxygen level was up at 40% and needs to be at 21%. and her Respiratory rate was up around 70-100, and normal is 20-60. And her co2 levels were really high, and her co2 and oxygen exchange was not where it was supposed to be. So there is what we were up against, and here is the GOOD NEWS.
Her co2 is right where it needs to be, her co2 and oxygen exchange is great.
Her oxygen level is down to 29%
and her respiratory rate is down to 30-70 which is such an improvement.
And the best news of all is the hole in her lung is GONE!!! The doctors were actually amazed on how fast it went away.

So what does all this mean?? She will get the 2 umbillical cord IV's out of her belly, all she will have is the high flow oxygen, and an IV since she is not getting the feedings as much as she needs right now. And I GET TO FEED HER for the first time tonight...which then makes it so We can start to hold her!! So today has been a great day!! and if she keeps on getting better at the rate she has, who knows she might be able to come home this week!!!!

Anyways here are some fun pictures!!! Enjoy

She love to suck on her feeding tube...she'll sit and lick it and chew on it. It cracks me up.

When I get there to see her she is always all curled up and cozy. This was a drooly one.

They had to tighten her little mittens on, because she would pull on her tubes, and cause a mess.

I Took this picture of the CPap in the garbage, because that is where it needs to be. If you have ever had to experience this on a child it is HORRIBLE...

I loved this picture, and it would be so much better without all the 'medical stuff' in it but none the less it is adorable.

We Love her and are excited for her to meet her big brother, since Jake really has no idea what has happened since she has been in the NICU!! So the day they get to meet will be an amazing day!! Thanks again for all those that have been praying for our little Sophie, it has been a real miracle. Thank You & Love You!!

Our Little Sophie

Welcome To Our Little

Sophie Voncille Thurston

She was born on March 6th, 2009

at 3:07 pm

She weighed 6 lbs 15 oz

and 19 1/2 in

And she decided that she needed to have some special attention right from the beginning, so here is our Fashion Show, Respiratory Style.

This is her Oxygen Hood...She had this after she was born until they decided to do a C-Pap. She ate the side of the hood and wanted to get to her face, and couldn't because of the hood.

This is the C-Pap, her little mask. They have to keep her sedated with this one because it irritated her. Which did not help her breathing.

She now only has a nose tube, but I was able to catch a picture between so you can actually see her face. She has my little stubby nose, Charlie's Mouth...and she loves sticking her tounge out.

Temporary Freedom...


I am so grateful for all the Love and Support from all our Family and Friends!! We appreciate all you have done for us durring this special time. Love you all and we will keep you posted.