OUR FIRST DANCE

Max and I enjoyed our first dance together this afternoon...it was wonderful! You see, before when he had his stents and his blowby mask, movement was fairly limited. But now we can move a good 4-5 feet...just enough for some moving and grooving! I held him in front of me in my arms and he just stared right at me and really seemed to be enjoying himself. :) I laughed out loud and also cried...it was truly an amazing time for us. I know for some parents dancing with your baby seems minor, but this is a huge step for us for what we have gone through these past three months.

The other fun news is that Max has been on and off room air throughout the day. Right now his sat (oxygen saturation) is 95%! Wow Max...very impressive! All day I have been coming out to the cluster (where the nurses and doctors are) and bragging..."Hey come check out Max, he's satting 97% on room air!!! Come see, come see!" Plus many of them had the opportunity to hear me sing to Max while we danced...everyone got a big kick out of that too. We like to make up songs together...ok, I make them up but Max is always the star of the songs so it's a team effort! And now that I officially know that Max has a hearing loss, I sing louder for him, which allows the nurses to all hear my funny songs. Kind of embarrassing, but oh well! :)

PRAYER REQUEST
Please continue to pray for no complications with Max's nose. But also, please keep sweet little Timothy, a precious 5 year old fighting terminal cancer, and Lane, a tiny little guy who is having a very important surgery on Wednesday in your prayers...their families are both amazing and would love your loving support during this difficult time. Thank you!

P.S. I was telling a nurse yesterday about the hundreds of people who have contacted me via email, phone or mail with prayers for Maxwell. It truly is amazing. She said she recently read about a scientific study of two sets of heart patients...one had lots of people praying for them, the other did not. And what do you think happened? Sure enough, the "prayed for" group recovered much more quickly than the other group. I'm sure there are several other similar examples, but it just reminded me of the tremendous power of prayer...especially when lots and lots of loving people are all praying for the same thing!