so sorry to 

keep you waiting. i know it is agonizing. the time flies by here between visitors and emotional bouts of tears and frustration it seems the time is in fact moving more rapidly than i thought, which is such a good thing. today is a good day. regan was able to stay in our room again after having to be in the nursery for the previous 48 hours.  she has regained all her birth weight and is thriving.

  for those of you picturing a sickly baby, please know that is not the case, she looks great and besides the little paddle on her hand holding her iv in place you would not know anything was wrong.  the doctor is very cheerful and seems to think she is well. she has not had a fever since the initial spike of a few degrees on her third morning of life.  really things seem anticlimactic, and now that she is able to stay with us i am feeling much more emotionally stable. 

thank you a million billion times over for your prayers. we are not out of the woods yet, and i am hoping my optimism is not crushed when we hear back today about the results from the culture of the fluid taken from her spine a few days ago.  that will let us know the severity of the infection and the hope is that she is only going to have to finish the initial 7 day treatment.  

your thoughts and prayers have been felt, i assure you.