Oxygen Tank

Here are 2 of the 3 oxygen tanks we used while Jessica was on oxygen.
(I haven't posted for awhile...hello new mom responsibilities - crazy hard...BUT Jessica is off oxygen and all her monitors! Yea!)

The huge one is the "home tank" and can last for over a month. The smaller tank (to the right) is 1 of 2 portable tanks that we were given and each has 40 hours of oxygen. The times depend on the amount of oxygen given but since Jessica was on such a low dose, those are the time frames that we have before we need to exchange them for more. The white stuff coiled on the ground in front of the home tank is one of the oxygen tubes. We had a 50 foot tube and a 25 foot tube. The 25 foot tube was more than adequate for our "spacious" abode so we didn't really use the 50 foot tube except at the beginning.

As crazy as it has been to have a newborn in our home on oxygen, every time I have looked at the medical supplies we needed to help our baby, I have been amazed at technology and the incredible GOOD that it does for mankind. I am also reminded of a discussion I had with my 6th graders about the differences between 3rd world and 1st world countries. One of the obvious differences that they pointed out right away was the technology and medicine available. I am blessed beyond measure that I am a citizen of a 1st world country.

One night, as I was holding Jessica while she slept, I started thinking about what would happen to an infant with her medical issues who did not have the benefit of technology and medicine. The nurses in the hospital told me that there was a minute in the beginning of Jessica's life where she needed infant CPR because she was not breathing. (Thankfully they told me that on our last day there and not the first. I would have freaked out. I still shudder and try not to cry when I think about it...) I am so grateful for the medical knowledge that the Lord has blessed our world with. I know that He is the one who has blessed the great minds of our day and age with the ability to discover and learn all that we know so far about medicine and the human body. Incredible. There is no doubt in my mind that we are not "randomly" put together. There is no way! Too many things have to be in perfect balance within us. And those of us on this Earth who have different disabilities and difficulties with our bodies...only opportunities to learn better who we truly are and who we are suppose to be.

Anyways - who knew that a simple picture of oxygen tanks could inspire such a spiritual experience for me? The Lord really can be found in the details of our lives if we only look for Him.