Saturday, October 29, 2011

October 25 update: Avery is four days old

Baby Avery is doing great today! She is almost back at her birth
weight of 3 pounds, 13 ounces, and she came off phototherapy this morning. She was taken off the
c-pap ventilator on Sunday but still has her feeding tube and IVs. Her
fabulous neonatologist, Dr. Randel, says she is doing really well, and the nurses
call her a princess.

We are so in love with our beautiful munchin and can't wait to
introduce her to Peyton (he calls her "his baby.") I will be discharged tonight and
will visit her in the hospital 3-4 times per day until she is stepped
down into the special care nursery where I can stay in a room with
her.

Thank you all for your amazing support and prayers. We feel the love
and are very grateful! It has taken a while to get out a longer update
as I've been pumping every 2 hours and walking between postpartum and
the NICU very frequently.

Here are some photos of our sweet little lady:

First bow-wearing experience in the NICU

Sun bathing for 24 hours

First family photo (missing big brother Peyton :(   )

Mommy and Avery enjoying kangaroo care time

Daddy and Avery

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