June 29, 2009

We're HOME !!!! We got home this past Thursday and this is the first time I have really had a chance to get online and update you all. On Friday Sarah went to the doctor and she weighed 8lbs 9oz. He said she looked great and we have another appointment next week. She is a great baby that barely fusses and is just so cute!! We are so lucky to have her. And daddy is happy she is here for him to cuddle every day :)

Well folks....Tuesday isn't our magic day. Thursday is......tentatively. I can't put money on it until we get home. Sarah is still just amazing and doing so well. :) I hope to be able to show her off when we get home. Today her primary nurse, Jessica, held her and I got some super cute pictures of them together and some cute ones of Sarah. :)

June 17, 2009

Today was Sarah's Due date. She is 102 days old...14 1/2 weeks. Wow. Today we had a care conference....we SHOULD be going home TUESDAY!!! yay!! I hope i have everything she needs!

June 12, 2009

Sarah is now able to eat whatever she wants....whenever she wants. :) The doctors told us to get ready to go...if she continues to do well we can probably leave at the beginning of the week after next :) I am so excited!! I can't wait to be home!!

June 9, 2009

Sarah is up to 7lbs 3oz. She is 18 1/2 inches long. Sarah is almost ready to go home. Her eating is the only thing holding her back. She only eats 6 out of 8 of her feeds from a bottle. Once she proves she can do that she can eat whatever whenever she wants as long as she takes a certain amount in after a 24 hour period. She is doing really good on her oxygen needs and the doctors are currently weaning her diuretics so that she doesn't go home on them. Grandma Debbie and Grandpa's Rory and Danny have come to see Sarah this past week. They were so excited to see her and hold her and see how much she has grown. :) Hopefully soon I can take her home and everyone can see her!

June 5, 2009

Sarah is 90 days old. Wow...that was fast. She weighs 6lbs 15oz. By tomorrow she will be 7lbs. Today she was staying awake for several hours at a time and making mommie's arms tired from holding her. I love to cuddle with her :) Not many changes from yesterday....she still rocks my socks and the socks of the Docs with how well she is doing.

June 4, 2009

Sarah weighs 6lbs 13oz. She is on .2liters of oxygen at 100%....which is amazing. She lacks stamina to nipple all 8 feeds a day now so the Nurse Practitioner will gauge daily how well she does and if she can handle more feeds....right now they are only allowing 4 nipple feeds a day. It could be considered a minor setback....but Sarah doesn't have the same level of respiratory support she used to. In fact, she barely has any respiratory support at all (which is AMAZING). She went from a high requirement to barely any just because her machine broke....Its great!! Right now my days are spent with tons of cuddle time and mondo amounts of reading. It's getting to be near the end for us...the light at the end of the tunnel is evident....now we wait for sarah to get that final push to get her home and we will be all set. :)

June 2, 2009

Busy Busy Busy!! With Eric visiting this weekend, and forgetting to put updates up I have gotten behind!! Sarah's Vapotherm broke.....which was a good thing. They put her on a Nasal Canula and she is doing so good with just the oxygen flow :) She is actually on settings that are less than what is required to go home....but we aren't ready to go home yet. She needs to get better with eating and not have any brady or apnea episodes. She is almost there.....just not quite yet. Sarah had issues today with staying in bed....i kept finding her off to the side or crooked...so cute. She weighs 6lbs 11oz!