The first week of her life and ours as parents was full of excitement, love and anxiety as we went to go see her in the NICU each day. The first time we asked, "How long do you think she'll be in here?" we got the standard answer, "Until your due date." What????? Are you kidding me, you want me to leave my baby here for 6 weeks? I knew we had to do what was best for E's health and safety, but I had a very hard time believing that this little lady that my sister nicknamed Wonder Girl would need to stay that long. Every nurse and doctor in the NICU said what an amazing little girl she was and they were all in love with her. I secretly think they wanted to keep her for 6 weeks so they could enjoy her for that long, not because she needed to stay that long! :) But everyday we went to see her we continued to get good news and hear how great she was doing, she was the biggest and healthiest baby in that NICU. Which I felt incredibly blessed when I saw her neighbors that only weighed alittle over a pound and were born somewhere around 24-28 weeks. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. is all I can say. The emotions I felt for the next 4 days cannot be described.
I was getting discharged on my 4th day in the hospital, and as soon as we "checked out" of our room at CMC we went down to the NICU where we were greeted by E's nurse who delivered wonderful news, E was being transferred to the Progressive Neonatal Nursery!
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| Hanging with Aunt HK in the Progressive Nursery |
That meant she was one step closer to coming home, although I knew it wouldn't be that day with us. The next 3 days we traveled back and forth from home to the hospital, each day they'd tell us she was coming home soon. My sister left on Friday, which was so sad, for her and us. But the next day, one week after she was born, we were told Wonder Girl was being discharged!
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| We're Going Home!!!! |
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