All Creatures of our God and King

I am listening to All Creatures by the David Crowder Band, while reading this unusual blog which is, in Boingboing's words, " a father's daily documentation of his prematurely-born child's struggle to survive. Eric was born at only 24 weeks' gestation. He was twelve inches long, and weighed only one pound, seven ounces."

Read the blog here.

Excerpt:

nope. you never get tired of seeing the finger grab.

we had another great day today. his white blood "differentials" are all back to normal and he's now getting a whopping 1.5 cc's an hour of breast milk, which - if i've done my math correctly - is a little over an ounce a day. he didn't forget to breath at all today and he had 8 episodes of bradycardia (slowing of the heart rate), but they can all be attributed to a buildup of saliva in the back of his throat. micropreems don't have a fully developed swallow response (and all the tubes don't help) and somehow that leads to his heart rate slowing down. nurse cheri said he lets them know that he needs his mouth suctioned by throwing a bradycardia alarm or two. he's funny like that.

and he got two more hours of kangaroo care with kris. maybe tommorrow i'll get my chance.

All Creatures

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing
O praise Him, alleluia
Thou burning sun with golden beam
Thou silver moon with softer gleam
O praise Him, O praise Him
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in heav'n along
O praise Him, alleluia
Thou rising moon in praise rejoice
Ye lights of evening find a voice
O praise Him, O praise Him
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Let all things their Creator bless
And worship Him in humbleness
O praise Him, alleluia
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son
And praise the Spirit, three in One
O praise Him, O praise Him
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son
And praise the Spirit, three in One
O praise Him, O praise Him
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

O, alleluia, alleluia

All Creatures from the album Illuminate by David Crowder Band