More good news!

The good news just keeps coming. In the last several days, Abigail has:

-Been taken off the ventilator. She is now breathing with the help of what's called a bubble CPAP (as Katrina put it, "the next step up on breathing. It means she's breathing completely on her own but has Continuous Positive Airway Pressure to give her lungs support.")

-Started taking real feedings of milk. Not from a bottle yet, but via a tube down her throat to her stomach. We were there Friday for her first "feeding" of 1 mL. We've been told they're moving her up to 2 mL every three hours today.

-Been able to have her arterial line removed. This connection, which was taken out at 5 a.m. today, was the last obstacle stopping Katrina and I from holding Abby. We're leaving for the hospital soon, and, we've been told, we should be able to hold her today.

So, as you can see, it's been an exciting and blessed few days. Everyone seems so pleased with the progress Abigail is making! Thank you all for the role you have played in her life thus far by bringing her before the Father in prayer and supporting us.