NICU Day 116

Will had a great night. He weighs 5lbs 4.1oz or 2385 grams. He will have a blood gas in the morning and a chest xray. They increased his feedings by bottle and can take between 50-65mls (30mls = 1oz). We are so excited about Saturday that it can't get here fast enough. We are ready for him to come home.

I love this song "Long Way Home" by Steven Curtis Chapman. It is a perfect description of our NICU journey so far. It has definitely been a long way to get Will home but by God's faithfulness and his promises to us we are gonna make it HOME on Saturday.

Long Way Home
by: Steven Curtis Chapman

I set out on a great adventure
The day my father started leeding me home
He said there gonna be some mountains to climb
And some valleys we’re gonna go thorough
But I had no way of knowing
Just how hard this journey could be
Cause the valleys are deeper and the mountains are stiper
Than I ever would of dream

But I know we’re gonna make it
And I know we’re gonna get there soon
And I know some times it seems like we……
Doing the wrong way
But it’s just a long way home

Some rocks in my shoes fears I wish I could lose
They make the mountain so hard to climb
And my heart gets so heavy
With the weight of the world some times
And there’s a bag of regrets
I should have been and not gets
I keep on dragging around
And I can hardly can wait till the day I could lay them all dawn
Well I know that day is coming
And I know it’s gonna be here soon
And I know I won’t turn back even if the whole world
Says I’m doing the wrong way
Cause it’s just a long way home

And when we can’t take another step
The father will pick us up and carry us in his arms
And even on the best days
He says to remember we’re not home yet
So don’t get too comfortable
Cause what you really are is just pilgrims passing through

Well I know that day is coming
And I know it’s gonna be here soon
I’ll keep on singing and believing
What all of my songs say
Cause our God has made a promise
And I know that everything he says it’s true
And he promised he would never ever leave us
He’s gonna lead us, He’ll head us home
Every single step of the long way home
So keep on we’re gonna make it
We’re just taking the long way home
Keep on we’re gonna make it
I know we’re gonna make it
It’s just a long way home