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Faith, prayer & support
Our faith and the prayers of family, friends, and strangers carried us through Brady's NICU stay. These posts share the songs, scripture, and specific prayer requests that held us up.
Brady's First Blog
A few days after Brady's early birth, Erik starts this blog so family and friends can follow her health in one place.
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I'm going to be a what?...when?
Nikkie shares Brady's first days: medicine for a small hole in her heart, paused feedings, and why we changed her middle name to Faith.
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one whole hand old today!
At five days old, an ultrasound shows the hole in Brady's heart has closed, and her doctor lowers her Vapotherm and calls her "great."
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oh what a day
Still healing from surgery, Nikkie brings a crowd of family in to meet Brady, gives her first bath, and hears her head scan shows no brain bleed.
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Good days and Bad days
After a great night at 2 lb 9 oz, Brady goes back on oxygen and turns blue during a feeding, and Nikkie calls it the worst moment of her life.
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Update
A brief prayer request: Brady is having a blood transfusion today.
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But He is Strong
Brady gets worse: more oxygen, signs of infection, antibiotics, and her first blood transfusion. Erik leans on "Jesus Loves Me."
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Getting better
Nikkie explains Brady's skin infection, cellulitis, which caused her breathing trouble; she's improving after what we call the worst days of our lives.
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"Be still and Know I'm Here"
Brady needs another transfusion, an IV in her head after 7 tries, and more oxygen; a friend's song reminds Nikkie that God is still there.
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patiently waiting
Weigh-in Mondays become our favorite day; Brady finishes a whole bottle, gets her first immunization, and our pastor visits to pray.
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a specific prayer
Brady chokes on hospital nipples and refuses the slow-flow one, so we buy our own bottle at the mall and ask for prayer that she'll take it.
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Specific Prayer
At 5 1/2 lb and nearly 85 days in, we're worn down, offered a g-tube for Brady's feeding, and ask for prayer to decide this week.
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short update on previous post
Brady takes a whole bottle at 5 a.m., and her doctor agrees to hold off on the g-tube while she keeps improving.
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and... the surgeon's been called off!
Brady's upper GI and brain scan are normal, she starts draining 3 to 5 bottles a day, and the surgeons are called off.
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off the subject of Brady
Nikkie describes the online preemie-parent community she leans on and asks for prayer for Kayleigh, a 1-pound baby who may not wake up.
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Dedication at Church
We attend church as a family for the first time and dedicate Brady, and share an 8-minute video of her journey for NICU families who need hope.
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Two Years Old
On Brady's second birthday, Erik shares what two years as a preemie dad have taught him about serving, patience, prayer, and one day at a time.
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