Thankful

With everything that we have been through this year, we still have alot to be thankful for! We are thankful for:

1. God- because without him none of us would be where we are today
2. Rickys job- jobs are so hard to come by in todays economy so I am very thankful for his job that God has provided our family with.
3. All of our family and friends.  We have gotten so much help and support through everything this year, Im especially thankful to everyone bc we couldnt have got through our 7 week nicu stay without the help, support, and prayers from everyone!
4. Every single nurse, therapist, doctor, and surgeon who has helped our little boy!
5. Insurance that pays all the healthcare providers.
6. Our home with working heat and air conditioning- so many people in our country are homeless or dont have efficient heat and air, Im thankful for both
7. Our 2 cars-everyone isnt able to even have 1 car, so I am thankful that we have a family car that everyone can fit in and ride everywhere we go together and am thankful for Rickys to have a little car that is great on gas he can drive to and from work in.
8. For my family's education-For mine and Ricky's college education and Bella's preschool education :)
9. For Tripp- he is so sweet and a wonderful baby, I am blessed to be his momma :)
10. For a healthy, smart, and outgoing preschooler.

This is just a very small list of things that I am thankful for, and I hope that everyone else is thankful for those everyday things that we HAVE to have (even though they are things that we could actually do without they just make our lives easier).

Cold

Tripp has got his first cold and really bad cough :( We didn't want to wait and see what happened, so we went ahead and took him to the doctor Thursday morning and got an antibiotic.  Plus from now on, they do not want us bringing him out in public unless we go to the doctor, and they also do not want us traveling away from Roanoke either. 

Tripp's sleep study is tonight so hopefully he gets some good sleep tonight and we can really see what is going on with him!

Hearing Aids, Sleep Study, RSV

Lots has been going on in our house! Tripp has finally gotten his hearing aids.  We went to get them on Monday afternoon.  You can definately tell a difference in his facial expressions now, he is much more excited and smiley all of the time.  His speech therapist can also tell a big difference.  We just have to work on getting him to turn his head to where the actual sound in coming from now :)

We also got a date for his sleep study! Its the 19th at Wake Forest, so hopefully everything will go smoothly and he will get some good sleep so we can find out what is going on for sure and then we can hurry back to Roanoke for Bellas birthday party the next day!

Tripp was finally approved for the RSV vaccine and we went to get the first dose today! He will have to get this again every month through March for it to remain effective throughout this winter.

Every day we are so thankful for modern medicine and what it has done for Tripp to be able to thrive and live a normal life :)