This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We live in Papua New Guinea and are working to see lives transformed by the living Word of God through Bible translation. Gavin is a helicopter pilot. Carrie, who has her degree in Public Health, works in the lab at our busy rural clinic. Our son, Isaac, was born in 2004 and our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, were born in 2012.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. The you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:3-6

Friday, December 14, 2012

Seth OFF of CPAP; other fun stuff

Seth is now on Vapotherm high-flow nasal cannula and actually has been for 2 days. (This update is very belated, as is any sort of thing I need to sit down to write.) His nurses say he seems happier with the reduced breathing assistance. We are praising God, of course. The end really seems in sight now! I well remember the Vapotherm stage of the other babies now happily playing/sleeping/eating around me. :) He's receiving 4 liters per minute of oxygenated air (mid-40%'s); when he gets down to 1.5 liters he can start trying to bottle feed. He's already receiving therapy to help him associate sucking with pleasure. He's also receiving occupational and physical therapy. They read to him, play with him, note his progress in various areas, test his reflexes and development, etc. He sure is able to push up with his arms and hold his head up and follow an object.

All the babies are enjoying the activity mat with its hanging toys. Seth loves his mobile. They are getting more and more fun, cooing, vocalizing, even starting to smile socially from time to time (Will, David, and maybe Gracie, so far). They are sleeping about 5 hours at night, hooray! They also went back to sleeping better during the day. I think many of you must have been praying!!

The army of volunteers continues to amaze us. We are SO inexpressibly grateful!!! We even took our volunteer to the doctor's office with us today. She was invaluable! First time we've taken all 4 out. That got some attention, needless to say. :)

All are gaining weight beautifully and are nearly completely over their colds. Thanks for praying! They are eating so much more easily. It's like they figured out what to do and woke up enough to actually do it. Except Marcie; she's ridiculous. We have to feed her on the changing table to keep her from dropping off immediately in our arms! (See last photo.)

Sorry, I forgot to take a photo of Seth when I was there last. I'll try to get some cute ones tomorrow!

Love and gratitude,
Carrie
Will in a Christmas suit with his Marmi (Gavin's mom)

Gracie held her own paci!

David really needed this bath after a major blow-up

It's a good thing Marcie is so cute; her sleepiness during feeding times is inconvenient!


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  1. RuthDecember 14, 2012 at 6:18 AM

    That's wonderful! BTW, I haven't seen a dirty diaper since I started coming. Ha Ha! I use my middle name for my blog for strange reasons, but you can click on the link to see my post about the quints if you want. Gladys

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  2. PaulaDecember 14, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    I want to know what David did when you used that scrubbing brush on him!! LOL!!!

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    1. GavinCarrieDecember 14, 2012 at 9:19 AM

      Ah yes, that would be the bottle brush. :) David luckily got only the soft skin of his mommy's hands. It does look funny!

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  3. ByNanasHandsDecember 14, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    Love, love, love the pictures. They are a far cry from the first ones posted 4 months ago! I can see God's handiwork in every single one of them AND in your calmer writing this time. Thank you for the wonderful update, I am so happy to hear of Seth's continued progress. This Christmas your blessings are many for sure!

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    1. GavinCarrieDecember 14, 2012 at 9:19 AM

      Indeed, huge blessings! Going to see Seth will be one of them on Christmas Day, I trust. Thanks for caring and praying. Carrie

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  4. PamDecember 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    so happy to hear about all the progress! Praying it continues and justs gets better and better.

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  5. Just MeDecember 14, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    Yay Seth!!! So happy to hear he is doing so well. Love the pictures !! They have all came so far. It is truly amazing. I had to smile over Marcie eating on the changing table. We had one like that as well. Congratulations on the 5 hours of night sleep. Those hours are priceless I know. What a wonderful blessed Christmas you all are going to have this year!! They are all growing so fast!!

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