Hoping for Hope

Hope is following her usual pattern and looking better today.  I gave her morning meds very, very slowly and then set up the pump to deliver a steady (but slow) drip of water into her stomach.  She is sooo dehydrated right now.  Now, we wait for a wet diaper and then I'll breath easily again.

I told Alex yesterday, that Hope seems smaller.  It looks to me, like she has shrunk (he laughed at me).  Her cute little head seems smaller, her rib cage is sunken in and her limbs are loosing that nice plump look.  Of course, that makes sense with all that she's been through since Christmas.  I don't like this 'fading away', and I'm still hoping that I can get her to tolerate more food so that I can 'plump' her up again.  Hoping for Hope, that's what I'm doing.  Hoping that I'm wrong about this downhill spiral.

It's so nice and quiet in the house today.  I have had my cuddles with Hope and Mira.  Brodie is off to school with his 'vehicle' that he made for his science project.  Music is playing and I have time to think and pray.  It is a good day.

Mira is starting to sit up.  Her favorite thing to do is slap at things.  She is not a gentle girl.  She's got some power to her.  I can see already that we'll have fun getting to know her as her personality comes out.  Mira had some help learning to sit, from her cousin Teagan who is a very polite and smiley little role model...