Lily Day 3

It's been a busy day. I took a shower this morning - which helped me feel a bit more human again. Lily is doing pretty well today. She had an echocardiogram taken of her heart (it's like taking an ultrasound of her heart). They found she has an open blood vessel valve just outside of her heart which causes stress on her left ventricle. They tell us it is very common in premie babies. They will start her on a 48 dosage of medicine that is supposed to help close the valve and then check it again in a couple of days. She's still breathing well and was able to try about 1 or 2 ml of breast milk today. She had quite a full day, so we didn't get to hold her. This was totally fine with us. She just needed time to snuggle in and sleep this evening. We'll try and post some info to this blog often to help keep everyone updated. Bear with us, if we don't get to it everyday. Life is a struggle right now, with so many new and different dimensions. Mostly we are so thankful for little Lily and just pray she continues to grow strong and healthy.