4 days old!, first post July 10, 2009

Posted Jul 10, 2009 10:27pm

I’ve been home from the hospital now for two days. Adam and I are starting to get into a routine going to visit Sarai in the hospital. Everyone there has been so nice!

When Sarai first got to the NICU, she wasn't able to eat and was put on a ventilator pretty quickly. By day two, they started to give her some food, 5cc's of milk, and today she is already up to 15cc's every 3 hours. She's off the vent and on to something called a C PAP. The C PAP provides some breathing support, but much less than a vent. It gives her one breath every few seconds, rather than continuously. And today they turned down the C PAP so it doesn’t take breaths for her anymore, it just gives her a little extra oxygen. If she does well with this, by tomorrow she’ll just have the little tubes in her nose to give her that extra oxygen.

The question of the hour is, “When will she be home?” and the answer of the hour is, “We really don’t know.” I’ve heard anywhere from 3-6 weeks. So far, she’s been doing SO GREAT! This little girl is a FIGHTER! I’m ready to throw her in the ring with Tyson!…. Well, maybe not Tyson, she is a lightweight after all!

The most exciting news for the past couple days is that Adam and I have both been able to change her diaper! YIPPEE! Bet you’ve never heard a mom so excited to change a diaper before! We’re high-fiving for poops!

We still can’t hold her yet and she’s still under the blue light. Hopefully that will be gone in the next day or two, too. Keep the prayers coming!