NG Tube - Take Two

Weight check = 5 lbs. 14 ozs.

Moving around the house with Lilly isn't easy. I love to carry her. But I have to roll her milk and pump along with us everywhere. (When we leave the house the pump and milk bag fit into a small backpack, which is nice. Sometimes I use that to get us around the house. It's also great for walks.) I'm not complaining - I'm so thankful for how that milk and pump are helping Lilly gain weight! But it does take extra time, thinking ahead, being extra careful, etc.

This afternoon Lilly's NG tube got a clog. I tried to loosen it by squirting a syringe full of water through it. But to not avail. The water just shot back at me. So that meant taking back out the NG tube I had wrestled with getting in yesterday. Sigh. Thank God that today the tube inserted very easily and Lilly only cried a little. I couldn't pull anything out of her stomach today and therefore couldn't do the pH test. But I wasn't too worried as that frequently happened at the hospital. I did the air puff with stethoscope test and that was fine. Whew!

For "family night" tonight we watched a couple episodes of "The Duggars: Eighteen and Counting." (A show documenting a family with 18 children, though they now have 19.) This is the first time my family has watched any and we really enjoyed them. At the hospital, I had read aloud the Duggars' book to my husband and Lilly and we found it fascinating. As I watched their beautiful family, and looked at my own children, I couldn't help but think of Psalm 127:3:

"Behold, children are a heritage of from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward."