Parker's Promise

Parker is doing well. He went through an agitation phase last week where he was crying and throwing up a lot and he ended up throwing up his feeding tube, but he is eating solid baby food really well all week so they have left it out. He just gets IV fluid overnight. He is beginning to purposefully use his left hand now and both grasp and let go. His right hand he can now grasp with, but not nearly as purposefully. He is much calmer now that he is past the agitation which is ...so nice. He seems to understand simple commands like "let go" or " up" Today his new thing is if I say "come get me" and tickle his belly in different spots he will find my hand and grab it. This week they are working a lot on getting his body in "midline" which means straight. Since his left side is much stronger he curves, tilts and looks to left. This week we will be praying he can strengthen his right side and get in midline because it is hard to orient your world if you are always curving to the side and looking sideways. Two major prayers were answered this week. The fluid has gone down soooooo much. Even more than when I saw it yesterday. Also, our main set of keys went missing the weekend we were life flighted to San Diego 3 weeks ago and we finally found them today. God hears and answers prayers both big and small. Maybe not immediately like we think they should be, but he answers then better than we often hope. Thank you for your prayers.