A little perspective

The recent inactivity is only virtual I assure you.

Mila has grown so quickly and before we knew it she was already 6 months old. It IS amazing how quickly they grow. You always hear that, and you are sure that it must be true, but not until you feel it coursing through you...time sifting through the fingers of your own hand, is it real enough to almost hurt.

Our daughter is doing VERY well. Most of you that have reached out to us will not be surprised to learn this, but it is nice to report all the same. She is doing all of the things the doctors want to see and none of them they don't. This, I guess, doesn't mean we are out of the woods quite yet, but at least we can stop to admire the foliage and be fairly certain that Mila is enjoying it too (by the way she grabs it and puts it in her mouth)

Mila had ear tubes put in two weeks ago. She had been holding on to a buildup of fluid behind the eardrum for almost two months and couldn't shake it. For the doctors this was cause enough considering that she could develop difficulty hearing from the fluid and they didn't want for another one of her senses to be strained right now. So back to surgery we went.

I must say though, that this is a 15 minute surgery. FIFTEEN MINUTES...literally. We barely had enough time to fall asleep in the waiting room before the doctor was waking us up and congratulating us on how relaxed we were. It made me realize that this is, more often than not, the first surgery that an infant goes through and probably has a lot of parents tied up in knots. Totally understandable, because surgery IS nerve racking. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that we should be glad. We truly are lucky to have all of this experience under our belts so early.

Priscilla and I were looking at pictures tonight of Mila at 2 months, 1 month, with glasses, without them...all of the pahses she has gone through already, and just now, are we beginning to feel like we are through it, we have come through the other side. Its a good feeling.

Thank you for being there, thank you for caring and praying and loving all of us. We will never forget it.

Keep tuning in and we promise to do better about updates,
TP&M