"I got sunshine on a cloudy day... when it's cold outside, I got the month of May..."

Posted Aug 17, 2009 7:27pm
Busy, busy, busy!

Looks like Sarai will be going to Duke on Sunday! I can’t believe how fast this is happening. I think the woman from the cord blood bank is as overwhelmed as I am! We have lots of paperwork to fill out. We found out this afternoon we had to get Sarai’s blood drawn and sent to Duke, so we RAN out the door to the hospital where the doctor made an appointment for us, and RAN to FexEx to get that over-nighted.

Mom decided to go home for a couple days so she can gear up for the trip. Yep, we’re taking her with us! (Thank goodness, I have no idea how to travel with an infant! I’m pretty sure you mom’s out there never would have pictured bringing your baby on a plane or train ride when they were home from the hospital for only 3 days!) I think we’re going to take a train; more reliable, room to move around, we won’t lose our luggage. We’ll probably look more in to that tomorrow when we get a confirmation that Sarai’s cord blood will actually be able to be released in such short notice. But it should be fine, we’ve sent out everything they’ve asked for quickly.

Sarai is absolutely exhausted. Taking her blood today was not easy. They had a hard time getting a vein and she was screaming for quite a while. Tired her out! She slept better last night, she’s starting to get used to things. So now that she’s used to things, taking her down south will really throw her off. Aye, poor baby girl!

(P.S.: We're leaving for Duke on our anniversary!)