In the car on our way home.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Finally!
I know it's been awhile and I will update more soon, so I have a record of her hospital stay, but thought I should at least let you all know... SHE'S HOME! we got to bring Elenor home Sunday December 19th. After 40 days in the hospital I've never been so happy. No monitors or anything had to leave with us. We have been busy enjoying our little girl and it made for a fantastic Christmas. We're on lock down for the next 5 months but it's totally worth it to have her home.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Almost Four Weeks
Monday November 29th:
She made it! Three and a half pounds! It was just another milestone for our little Ele. I'm starting back to work today. It will be a little stressful but if I work it right then I can take a few days off when I bring Ele home. She's doing great the crib test didn't go perfectly she was a tenth of a degree too low to stay in a crib. So we are just going to wait until she's 1800 grams which isn't too far off. She has been gaining about 50 grams a day. Sometimes she has a lower day but in general she has been gaining about 50 grams which is above average. :)
Tuesday November 20th:
Today was an good day. I worked and went and spent time with my baby. Nothing mush to report other than she is so ridiculously cute.
Wednesday December 1st:
Ele had a hard night and morning they said she had been a little screamy and just wasn't feeling good. She had been 'swinging' which means her oxygen saturations were dropping. This is normal for a little girl her size and gestational age. Basically because she is so little and has been doing so much she just forgets to breath deeply. What with growing and learning how to eat and everything. So they put her on just a trace of oxygen. When I got there she still wasn't happy, as soon as I held her she quieted right down. It was nice to be able to comfort her. but as I needed to leave the nurse took her from me and she immediately started to scream, it tore me apart. I want to be with her, I want to comfort her. But being at the hospital 24 hours a day just isn't an option. It was really hard leaving her today, I just can't wait until she can be home with me
Thursday December 2nd:
3 lbs 11 oz, she did much better on her saturation levels last night. They even turned her back onto room air. They are leaving her cannula in just in case. Today was a very funny day at the hospital. Our little girl had a firm belly, I asked the nurse what could cause that and she said most likely poop. So I changed her diaper to see if she was constipated but it was poopy. So I said could it be anything else? The nurse told me it was still probably gas and poop. So I asked if we should give her a suppository. Well with as firm of a belly as she had the nurse didn't want her to have to wait for a Dr's orders to do the suppository, so she tried to help herself... Well within a few seconds Ele pooped all over our nurse. It was such a surprise that she even screamed a little. I started to laugh and I told her I was sorry but it just was too funny. The nurse laughed too and said that's true it was pretty funny. On a good note that nurse happened to be enamored with our daughter so I think that helped the situation. She thought she was so cute, and how can you be mad at something that cute? Ele felt much better after that and had a really good day.
Friday December 3rd:
Today I had to go into work to handle month end. It was a big ordeal and I was training a girl just in case I am ever gone over month end. But because it took so long I didn't get to see Ele until the night shift. I was going to see her at her 4 o-clock feeding but when I called to tell them I was coming they let me know she would be having her optamologist appointment and that they like them to only sleep after they are done because it can be a little upsetting to the babies. On a high note everything looked great they said. And she won't need to have any follow ups! Such exciting news. We snuggled our girl and then we went home to prepare for a long Saturday to-do list.
Saturday December 4th:
Today we went to see our baby amid many errands, it was fun to see her and hold her. I just love to look at her beautiful face. She is doing so good. Then we decided that we needed a date night with everything that has been going on we hadn't really taken a lot of time for just Nate and I. We went on a double date, went to Tepanyaki for dinner, then headed up to Salt Lake to look at the lights. It was really rainy when we got to Salt Lake so we didn't stay too long. On our way home we decided to stop for pie and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun, while we were there I just really missed my baby so I called the NICU to see how she was doing and our baby weighs 3 lbs 14 oz! I was so excited I had to call my mom to let her know. She promptly called me back and said, 'Sarah (my sister) wanted me to point out that she is pi, 3.14' I laughed so hard at that. I should have seen it coming I mean I'm the math major but I'll take what I can get. My baby is pi!
Sunday December 5th:
Our baby is the cutest, she had a great morning, they turned her oxygen on for a bit until she pulled her cannula of her face, so they decided to just see how she did. We are now headed to my Mom's to enjoy some pie in celebration of Ele reaching her pi weight. Almost to 1800 grams and an open crib test. I can't wait! Oh and did I mention that I seriously love my baby? If not I do. She is beautiful and sweet and I love to just look at her,
She made it! Three and a half pounds! It was just another milestone for our little Ele. I'm starting back to work today. It will be a little stressful but if I work it right then I can take a few days off when I bring Ele home. She's doing great the crib test didn't go perfectly she was a tenth of a degree too low to stay in a crib. So we are just going to wait until she's 1800 grams which isn't too far off. She has been gaining about 50 grams a day. Sometimes she has a lower day but in general she has been gaining about 50 grams which is above average. :)
Tuesday November 20th:
Today was an good day. I worked and went and spent time with my baby. Nothing mush to report other than she is so ridiculously cute.
Wednesday December 1st:
Ele had a hard night and morning they said she had been a little screamy and just wasn't feeling good. She had been 'swinging' which means her oxygen saturations were dropping. This is normal for a little girl her size and gestational age. Basically because she is so little and has been doing so much she just forgets to breath deeply. What with growing and learning how to eat and everything. So they put her on just a trace of oxygen. When I got there she still wasn't happy, as soon as I held her she quieted right down. It was nice to be able to comfort her. but as I needed to leave the nurse took her from me and she immediately started to scream, it tore me apart. I want to be with her, I want to comfort her. But being at the hospital 24 hours a day just isn't an option. It was really hard leaving her today, I just can't wait until she can be home with me
Thursday December 2nd:
3 lbs 11 oz, she did much better on her saturation levels last night. They even turned her back onto room air. They are leaving her cannula in just in case. Today was a very funny day at the hospital. Our little girl had a firm belly, I asked the nurse what could cause that and she said most likely poop. So I changed her diaper to see if she was constipated but it was poopy. So I said could it be anything else? The nurse told me it was still probably gas and poop. So I asked if we should give her a suppository. Well with as firm of a belly as she had the nurse didn't want her to have to wait for a Dr's orders to do the suppository, so she tried to help herself... Well within a few seconds Ele pooped all over our nurse. It was such a surprise that she even screamed a little. I started to laugh and I told her I was sorry but it just was too funny. The nurse laughed too and said that's true it was pretty funny. On a good note that nurse happened to be enamored with our daughter so I think that helped the situation. She thought she was so cute, and how can you be mad at something that cute? Ele felt much better after that and had a really good day.
Friday December 3rd:
Today I had to go into work to handle month end. It was a big ordeal and I was training a girl just in case I am ever gone over month end. But because it took so long I didn't get to see Ele until the night shift. I was going to see her at her 4 o-clock feeding but when I called to tell them I was coming they let me know she would be having her optamologist appointment and that they like them to only sleep after they are done because it can be a little upsetting to the babies. On a high note everything looked great they said. And she won't need to have any follow ups! Such exciting news. We snuggled our girl and then we went home to prepare for a long Saturday to-do list.
Saturday December 4th:
Today we went to see our baby amid many errands, it was fun to see her and hold her. I just love to look at her beautiful face. She is doing so good. Then we decided that we needed a date night with everything that has been going on we hadn't really taken a lot of time for just Nate and I. We went on a double date, went to Tepanyaki for dinner, then headed up to Salt Lake to look at the lights. It was really rainy when we got to Salt Lake so we didn't stay too long. On our way home we decided to stop for pie and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun, while we were there I just really missed my baby so I called the NICU to see how she was doing and our baby weighs 3 lbs 14 oz! I was so excited I had to call my mom to let her know. She promptly called me back and said, 'Sarah (my sister) wanted me to point out that she is pi, 3.14' I laughed so hard at that. I should have seen it coming I mean I'm the math major but I'll take what I can get. My baby is pi!
Sunday December 5th:
Our baby is the cutest, she had a great morning, they turned her oxygen on for a bit until she pulled her cannula of her face, so they decided to just see how she did. We are now headed to my Mom's to enjoy some pie in celebration of Ele reaching her pi weight. Almost to 1800 grams and an open crib test. I can't wait! Oh and did I mention that I seriously love my baby? If not I do. She is beautiful and sweet and I love to just look at her,
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