Hey Everyone! Brent made it here on Wednesday and mom went home to rest up. Nerves are beginning to set in for the whole family. We are so ready to meet Nolan and cant believe its almost here! Wednesday night our sweet friend Sara Jane Ingram brought us dinner and it was so good! Brent and I stayed in and relaxed. It was so nice. Thursday morning we saw Nolan's cardiologist.We have specific prayer requests. We need everyone to pray that the left ventricle of his heart will not be too small. It needs to be large enough to be able to support the workload of the heart and supply enough cardiac output to his body. The cardiologist believes that it will be large enough but we know that it is smaller than it should be and we wont be positive until he gets here. If it is not big enough we will change the plan to a different surgery so its still fixable just more complicated in that case. So to keep it simple we are just praying the left ventricle is big enough and we continue with the switch surgery as planned! At our next appointment for Thursday we met with a neonatologist (one of the NICU doctors) she was super sweet and informative about how things will go and what they will do to take care of him in the NICU. After the appointments were over we went to lunch and hung out with one of my sweet best friends Lacey Miller. Lacey is having a girl in December so we did some fun baby shopping and Brent enjoyed it ha ha he is so sweet! We also met up with our friends Louise and Clint Turman for yogurt. Louise and Clint are welcoming their baby boy into the world this Monday so prayers for them! We finished up with dinner with my friend Melanie Reed! She is always a blast and I was glad to see her! This morning we went to the appointment to do the BPP (Biophysical Profile) it was the best he has ever done! He was breathing away and got a perfect score within about 4 minutes! That made for some happy and excited parents! The doctor said we couldn't ask for him to look better at this point! At the next appointment we discussed his birthday! We are scheduled to come in on Wednesday morning (July 24th) between 6 and 7 A.M. for induction. We will both be closely monitored until he gets here that day. That is the plan unless Nolan has a different idea in mind and decides to come on his own before then! I really hope he doesn't do that but babies do what they want! Thank you all for the prayers, calls, and cards! They mean so much to us. The lord and a great support system of friends and family have gotten us so far already!
Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; Do not be discouraged, For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
P.S. I am new to blogging so its taking me a while to figure things out. I added a link at the bottom of the blog where you can submit your email address and it will update you when we update the blog. I think it will. Ha we shall see
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