24 Weeks 2 Days

We have reached a big milestone in this journey. At 24 weeks Lily is considered viable by modern medicine. Keri received steroid injections over the last two days to promote lung development in Lily. We are excited to be blessed by this much time with Lily and are continuously praying for as much time as we can get. Keri has been blessed by many visitors who have kept her spirits up simply by being here. Also, we have been blessed with wonderful stories from the nurses and support staff here at the hospital. Now that Lily is 24 weeks old she gets to be on a monitor for 30 to 40 minutes a day. Keri told me that when the doctor looked at the results of her first session that he commented, "this looks really good for a 24 weeker," another nurse said, "Wow! She looks spunky." I have no idea what they are looking at on the monitor, but it was really encouraging to hear these words. I think we have entered phase two of this experience. Now that we have reached 24 weeks, every week thereafter will see Lillian become way better suited to survive outside of the womb. We are excited and thankful to have made it this far, please keep praying as the longer Lily stays where she is the better off she is going to be. I don't know how we would handle this without all of you praying and supporting us in any way that we need. The Body of Christ is an awesome thing and experiencing it work during this time has been truly inspiring.