Helena Grace Lucht
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Ethan Trent Lucht (age 7 1/2) is proud to announce the birth of his sister,
Helena Grace Lucht
on Thursday, February 21, 2002; 4:08pm at
St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, Illinois.
Weight: 3lbs, 3oz; Height: 15 1/2 in; Eyes: brown; Hair: black

Helena is greeted by her parents,
Joshua & Joia Noel Lucht and
grandparents, Wes & Patty Smith of Dallas, TX
and Jim & Joy Lucht of Kansas City, MO.

Helena = "Light."  "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

Grace = "The unmerited favor of God toward man." "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast." (Eph 2:8-9)

Helena was born 2 months premature at 32 weeks.
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Josh & Helena
Joia & Helena
Josh & Helena
Joia holds 4-day old Helena on Monday, 2/25.
Helena's hand
Josh holds feeding tube
Helena's hand is roughly the size of Josh's thumb nail.
Helena & Joia
Helena began receiving feedings through a nose tube to her stomach on Sunday 2/24.  Every three hours she was given 3 cc's of breast milk through the tube, while she sucked on a pacifier.  By having her suck on a pacifier while the feeding tube dripped milk into her stomach they hope to help her associate sucking with getting a full stomach. As of 2/27 Helena is up to 12 cc's per feeding.
Helena's pacifier
Joia holds Helena. Helena's tiny head would fit in a ceramic coffee mug. We thank God for her strength and health!
(Left) Helena loves the pacifiers in the hospital nursery, which are made from tiny bottle nipples. Regular pacifiers are too big for Helena.
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