May 31

These posters are made for each of the kids in the NICU, from a questionnaire the parents can fill out, to help nurses get to know the baby better. Under "favorite toys" I put, "Daddy."

Her "esophogram" x-ray to check the growth of her esophagus is tomorrow morning at 10am! She will not have milk through her G-tube from 8-10am. Then they will inject a thick, chalky barium dye into her G-tube (direct-to-stomach feeding tube) and induce a reflux by making her gag (sad, huh) in order to get a good view of the piece above the stomach. They'll get pictures of that, and then they will put a tube down her throat and get another picture of that top bit. Somehow they can measure the pieces based on that, and determine whether they are growing closer together as we have been praying. Little Aaron John, my six year old, is especially cute every time he prays-- he always remembers to pray for Audrey's "ersopligus" to grow. I hope to be able to tell him that it's working. :) I believe the prayers of children are given special priority.

The other baby in the NICU with long gap EA had his surgery! Had a long talk with his nice mom today. His recovery process now is an exciting opportunity for me to learn about what is coming some day for Audrey. What a cutie little Sawyer is, even sedated and sandbagged as they need to be post-op for a few days. They've been here since his birth on January 12, and his gap was 2.5 cm. He was also born at 37 wks. So, if the two babies are very similar, Audrey will probably not have her surgery until September.