Forty days

I just realized this morning that yesterday was day 40 for Isaac in the NICU. This isolette with its quilted cover has been all he's known. 

40 days is, of course, a common theme in the Bible. It generally is a time of testing or trial. Yes...that it has been!  Isaac has been subject to a lot of intervention, discomfort and pain during this time-- as have his parents (and me). We have known fear, and sadness, and exhaustion. It's been a long 40 days. 

Today they rolled out that isolette and brought in this bassinet! The kind a 'normal' newborn would be placed in at birth. Now we can go in and look right at his sweet face and touch his little peach fuzz head. And we can pick him up (carefully!) and hold him!  

This morning Laura spent some time holding him and when she put him back down, changed his diaper,etc, he got very awake. He seemed to want to take in the new scenery that was above his bed now. He was awake and alert for so long, Laura couldn't drag herself from his bedside. She only did because she needed to be home soon so that Michael could go in to work (plus have her time with William.)

This may not be the end to our NICU experience, but we are grateful that those 40 days of trial are past! Thank you God!