Day 4 - 9:00am

I am 4 days old and I feel strong

I sleep but it is a good sleep. The sleep drugs are no more. It is a natural sleep

I gurgle. I blow bubbles around the tube.

I cannot breathe. The machine still breathes for me. But I am calm. I gurgle and squirm and daddy smiles.

My insides are still yellow. The purple light is still there. The goggles are still there.


But the tube from my belly button has gone.

But wait. What is this? Another tube in my leg and inside my very being. It pierces my heart. But its a good tube.

The machine breathes for me. But not as much. Whoosh. Whoosh. Pause. Whoosh Whoosh. Pause. It hurts when it pauses. I move my little chest. Up and down. Up and down.

I think I can do this. I can breathe. A little bit.

I am alive. And I am strong. I am getting better.