Emesis=Fancy Barf

I never know what to call things when I'm speaking to the doctors.  They have fancy names for vomit, poop and everything else Hope does.  Last night Hope threw up 5 times and had another 2 episodes today.  They are planning to have her completely off TPN at midnight tonight, but this is going to be hard on Hope.  She is not liking the volume in her tummy, even though she really needs it to grow.  It's going to be tough to get her feeding fully into her stomach.  Please join us in praying that this transition will go much faster than we're expecting.  It is the only thing holding us in the hospital at this point.

No other changes to report.  No news on the clot, the line will likely be pulled late tomorrow night or on the weekend.  We'll try to let everyone know once we have a time and date for that.  We are begging God to spare her from a brain injury.  I watched a father lift his handicapped child into their van in the parking lot today.  I was struck by the fact that Hope could receive a severe brain injury from this clot if it ends up in her brain.  I began thinking about it when a song popped into my head and I just had to sing it.  Thankfully the parkade is loud and no one else had to listen to my singing, just the Lord.  I sang,

"Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome and power
Our God, Our God..." 

Although I still worry about Hope, I got into the car feeling peace.  I drove back to our house to have dinner with Shawn and Sadie.  I believe that God is in control, He has a plan for Hope's life and I can only pray that His plan is to save her.