How It All Began

These are excerpts from some emails that I was included in, written by Marcie:

(Oct. 13) Yes, triplets arrived safely and are doing VERY WELL, considering they are 4 lb. triplets. Micah was 4 lb, 7 oz; Jeremiah was 4 lb, 1 oz.; and Noah was 4 lb. 10 oz. They have been on very little oxygen so far and all reports have been good. Sabrina is recovering and no one has seen the boys much yet since they are in the NICU. I think Sabrina will be able to start holding them tomorrow or possibly tonight. The boys will be at St. Johns for a while, Sabrina should be released on Friday.

As far as their meals, they do not have freezer space right now. They are also unsure how much they'll even be home in the next few weeks since the boys will be in the hospital. Her mom is in Broken Arrow and there has been talk of them staying overnights with her. Emma and Jenna are staying home with Sabrina's sister Brittany. I'll continue to keep you posted, but they don't need us yet. They just need as much privacy as they can get and recovery time, and of course, prayer for those boys!! Praise the Lord everything has gone so well!! Absolutely amazing!!
 
(Oct. 16) Sabrina Hay was just released last night.  She seems to be recovering a little better and hoping to rest better now that she will be home.  Pray for her strength emotionally as she has so many new obstacles before her!  The boys will continue to be in the NICU for 3 - 8 more weeks depending on the speed of their development.  Sabrina has still not been able to hold Noah, even though he was the largest triplet, he is still on the highest amount of oxygen.  (I'll try to get the rest of this information right, but it was hard for me to keep straight yesterday, I can't imagine how overwhelmed she feels with 3 in ICU.)  Jeremiah and Noah were not digesting enough of their food, so their goal was to increase input and output.  Jeremiah's testicle still needs to drop to avoid any kind of procedure.  Most of their tiny obstacles all seem to be developmental in nature and all reports seem to be that they will improve with time.  We are going to add prayer!!  Sabrina plans to spend her Mon, Wed, Fri afternoons in Tulsa with the boys.  Jeff is going to work 5am - 1pm those days and they are hoping to be home for dinner with the girls.  She said it would be wonderful if we could bring in dinner on those nights (around 5:30, I assume).  They still don't have freezer space, so what we bring will have to be refrigerator ready or hot.  I know there are several families ready to help with this, so I will pass this info. along.  I think Crystal Ennis (crys259@yahoo.com) is going to start a sign-up list and contact others.  I'll continue to keep you posted.  Thanks for all your help!!