Here is her terrible 2 face...dirty shirt and all!
When I asked her to hold up 2 fingers, this is what I got.
She was born 3/3/07, about 5 weeks early, shortly after 10 pm and weighed 6 lbs 4 ozs. Here she is is just after delivery, before she started having trouble breathing and was sent to the NICU, which would become her home for 2 weeks.
She had respiratory distress and her right lung collapsed. They had to place her on a jet ventilator and placed umilical lines. It was so scary seeing her hooked up to everything, even though I am fairly used to the sight...it is completely different when it is your baby! I wish we had gotten a photo of our poor baby with all the apparatus she was hooked up to, but I was such a basket case at the time the thought never occured to me. The next couple of shots were after they took her off the vent and pretty much all her lines.
She seemed so small under the warmer, though she was one of the larger babies in the NI...
Finally getting to go home! The doctors actually wanted to keep her another day or two and I told them no! I had taken an early baby home before and we did just fine and I promised to take her for weight checks as often as needed. They just kind of looked at me for a second and then said okay... I know I sounded crazy telling the doctors we were leaving, but the only reason they wanted to keep her was because she wasn't gaining weight and I knew we could give her what she needed at home. When we left that Saturday she was 5 lbs 15 ozs, 5 ozs under her birth weight...on Monday, 2 days later, at the Pediatrician's office for a weight check she was 6 lbs 8 ozs!
She hasn't slowed down since! She became quite a chunky monkey after that!
...and always so happy!
I think you will agree she is quite the ham!
We love you J!!!
5 comments:
She seriously is a total doll! I had no idea she had such a hard start! How scary for you guys! I love the black and white photo of her in a bucket or pot when she is a lil' baby! SO precious!
She is such a blessing for sure! We love having her around! Her smiles just melt my heart. I love the 2 fingers pictures. Happy Birthday Joci, we were thinking of her yesterday!
She looks like a little girl now and not the baby anymore. I remember when she was born. We were praying for her as we would occasionally hear about her status. We miss you guys. I am feeling uncomfortably pregnant now and am hoping the painful contractions I've been having are doing some good. Spencer told me the other day that I am not having a baby but instead I am having a turtle. Just hope the shell is really soft!! Ha ha.
I love your pictures of her as she grows up. Time sure flies!
Beautifull family companion!!!!
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