Coffee morning was hard today. Its a place where parents can come and share their experiences with each other and some of the lovely people I have met are having a terrible time of it. It makes you realise how lucky you are. Niamh has given us such an easy ride, it could have been so much worse. Its been long and exhausting but she has gone from strength to strength and given us so much hope.
I was thinking today how many seasons have changed while we have been in hospital. It was a beautiful, crisp autumn day today. I took a photo of a tree with lovely leaves :) Anthony came in this afternoon and had a nice cuddle. I also managed a shot of a barefaced Niamh while she was having her tubes changed. Its so rare to see her without any tape.
Looking forward to tomorrow when Anthony gives Niamh her first bath in the evening and I will give her a feed before hand. Its looking promising for an early release too. We live within the area for N.E.D (Neonatal Early Discharge) program which is great! A midwife will visit us everyday until we can be 'discharged' Niamh now needs to do 3 suck feeds a day (she is currently on two and handling them well) and then we can hopefully go to SCBU. The minimum weight for discharge is 1800g which she is now comfortably past as well as being stable which she is, open cot and I think that was it. She is so close! I cant believe we can take home such a teeny, tiny baby, but apparently we can. Time is the only problem now. I just hope that her eye test is clear. Thats the next thing.
4 comments:
Wow Siobhan what has been such a long road (and for you must have felt like a lifetime) sounds like it is finally reaching the time when you can take your little girl home. She really is doing just so well.
Congratulations on making it through such a difficult time - best wishes on finally bringing her home soon - hope it goes quickly!
Michelle
xx
Bonnie,
I am so so so thrilled that things are going so well!! She looks amazing now, no where near like the itty bitty she once was.
The home strech is here, and it wont be long before the hospital is a distant memory and you are celebrating being a family at home!
I am so amazed at your strenght, and your daughters, and cant wait to meet her soon
Much love, Mich (MM)
Oh Siobhan, Niamh is getting so big!!! How lovely is she looking. It's great to hear things are going so well.
My best wishes to you.
Oh, I can just hear the proudness in your post. She is doing so well, I am so damn happy for you and your family.
YosemiteSam xxxx
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