Moving day!!

Well, it's time for our empty house to become an official home!! Mercedes and I are leaving early in the morning for Sacramento to help unload and set up the house as much as possible. Yes, she probably will be "in the way" at times, but I want her to be able to get a visual grasp on what's really happening. I want her to see that all of our things from Las Vegas are being moved into the house in Sacramento and that she'll have her own bedroom again for a week out of the month when we're up there, etc. I can't imagine how confused she must be with all of this craziness from picking up and moving out here; to staying in Auntie's bedroom; to Daddy only being with us during the weekends; Mommy sleeping outside in the trailer; etc. =)

It'll be good! Pray everything will go smoothly and that nobody gets hurt in the slightest.

One thing that our realtor neglected to inform us of until today was that our water was being shut off today! Robert called the water company, but apparently they can't disconnect and connect in one day, so we have to wait until the next business day - Monday - to have water! It'll take some getting used to not having water readily available, but I know we'll manage! =)

Mia is doing great, aside from the fact that she's a growing little 9 month old who just cut her first top tooth!!! You can tell she's in terrible pain - her gums are so swollen and red, as well as her cheeks. Her heartrate is really high compared to her norm, so that's basically the only way for us to know when she's in pain. She just looks so out of it when she is. This morning she actually looked really good, though! No redness in her cheeks and she was so bright and cheerful! Be praying for comfort for her as she continues working on getting her tooth all the way in, as well as her other top tooth coming in.

On another note, Mia had, what appeared to have been, another seizure last Friday. Her body went totally unresponsive and her eyes were totally rolled back for about 4 minutes. During that time, she either fell asleep or passed out or something, because she was totally out of it, but her eyes finally came back down to where they should be. About 12 hours later, they raised her Phenobarbital level, and that totally knocked her out. She was getting it once daily at 9am, but it was knocking her out all morning and afternoon, so they now changed it to 9pm and that's working much better for her! She's now able to be awake for her group developmental therapy time and her physical therapy time, so that's great! She's now really active again playing with her toy bar and looking around - we're definitely happy to see that again!

I know Mia is pretty stable now compared to where she was 9 months ago, plus life is busy and such, but please whenever our family comes to mind, pray for our precious Mia Amore! God has brought her so far and we know He's not finished yet!! He's doing a mighty work in her beautiful body! She's taking more breaths on her own and the RT's have been able to wean her breath pressure settings! She's still not tolerating weaning from her breath rate quite yet, but they said her lungs are getting much stronger! They're not requiring so much force from the machine to give her the breath, so that's why they're able to wean her pressure setting. Praise God! =)

Well, 6:30am is coming quickly, so I must say goodnight.

Keep praying for Mia's Miracle!

I'll post some more pictures soon. I just wanted to be sure to write at least an update for now!

Goodnight,
Rachael <3