This Weekend... Phoebe, Vancouver, New Friends!
This weekend we headed into Vancouver on Friday night to stay with our new friends Jonny, Esther & Ruby... Strangely we've never met them before, even though we have a ton of friends in common from both New Zealand and the UK (Jonny used to work with Laura's brother Tom at St Mary's). It was lovely to join the dots and chat about our common lives in the UK and NZ!
The initial idea was that we'd hang out with them and use them as a base so we could spend more time with Phoebe over the weekend... The weekend didn't quite work as planned as Laura spent most of Saturday in bed sick (24 hour bug) at their house. This did however give me a chance to do a little bit of sightseeing with Laura's mum, Gracie and my trusty GPS!
We headed into Vancouver and cruised through Stanley Park, we headed up to Grouse Mountain where we took a cable car to the top, had a sleigh ride in the snow, and had a very (over priced) lunch in the lodge! We then came down the mountain and went to a beautiful little place called Deep Cove, which felt remarkably like the South Island of New Zealand.
I did manage to see Phoebe, and she is doing well. She has had a little blip this week with her body temperature dropping quite considerably on Friday; They aren't quite sure why it dropped, but she has managed to regulate herself again since; She is now wrapped up like a little bean! This temperature drop has affected her breathing and heart rate again so we'd love more prayer that this will completely normalize.
By midnight tonight she will be on her full feed which is fantastic news... She is still gaining weight and is now almost 1100g. They are adding HMF (Human Milk Fortifier) to her feeds to meet protein and mineral requirements for growth and they hope to take her IV out by tomorrow as she'll hopefully be finishing her antibiotics and her TPN (Total Perernteral Nutrition).
The Vancouver skyline from Stanley Park
Grandma and Gracie in Stanley Park
In the cable car on the way up Grouse
Gracie and a grizzly!
A stunning view of downtown Vancouver from our eatery!
Grandma and Gracie in the snow!
Daddy and Gracie on our sleigh ride!
The view up Grouse
Phoebe... 12 days old!
Our new friends, Esther, Jonny & Ruby
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Just love the pictures! Keep it coming!!
Alison - you look amazing!
Loads of love
xxxx
Dear Paul, Laura, Gracie and Phoebe,
Thank you for posting the amazing stories and videos so far. God is so good. I know we haven't formally met, but we are second and third cousins, I think! Paul, your Mum is my first cousin on the Fryer side. We live in Alaska. Just want you to know that we have put Phoebe and the family on our church's prayer chain, and our son, Thomas,16, has you on his prayer list at his Christian school. Phoebe may be small, but it is obvious that she is receiving excellent care, and for that you must be extremely grateful. Congratulations on your new position, Paul. We look forward to many more stories from the KS's about how God has used you in BC.
Much love from us all, Jill, Roger, Katie, Daniel, Jeremy and Thomas
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