a good morning

they ran another jaundice test this morning, and elias' level was 7.24 (praise god). this is down huge and most importantly down enough to take him off the light treatment. they still have him hooked up to an iv at this point, but will probably start decreasing that throughout the day. with no light treatment they are going to test him again tomorrow morning (sunday), and if the jaundice has not rebounded much we should be able to go home tomorrow, with a follow up visit to our pediatrician on monday.

for now, he has been eating better (making his daddy proud). he also had a real nice poopy diaper this morning (also making his daddy proud - and who would have though that nice and poopy would be used together in a sentence like that). this is important because it helps him to flush the jaundice. we were able to hold him more this morning, which is great. he is sleeping right now, and so is natalie (i probably will be taking a nap again soon). 

this is not the way we planned to begin things with the three of us, but god has been good. elias seems to be doing well, and as the great modern day philosopher kanye west said - that that don't kill me can only make me stronger. that was cheesy i admit, but i am going on very little sleep at this point - so please forgive me.

we are well and appreciate your thoughts and prayers. despite the ridiculous quote from kanye west, god really does use those things that challenge us in life to grow us if we let him. it's a lesson that natalie and i have learned many times in our lives - it's one of those lessons that we want elias to learn as well. thank god for his promise to us to cause all things to work together for our good as we love him. we love you lord and thank you for your goodness to us.