Home again

Aaand, we're home!  It has taken a few days to update you all, but have no fear... we've been busy.  Preoccupied with feeding and sleeping and snuggling with our baby girl, and celebrating Thanksgiving together as a family... at home!

We were released from the hospital Monday afternoon, and as you will notice from the above pic, Ada is tube-less!  The feeding tube was removed as she was able to step it up with feeding - yay for Ada! - and during the night on Sunday into Monday morning the nurses began to turn down the oxygen that Ada was receiving, and found that she was maintaining her oxygen sats without it!

The first couple of days home were the most wonderful as we were able to finally rest without interruption.  Since Thursday Ada has been fussy at different times, and it is tough to stay ahead of the game with her pain medications.  We aren't totally sure how she is feeling, as sometime crying is just normal infant behavior, but then at times she cries in a way that we know we'd better get the strong stuff in her.  She is sleeping pretty well, though, aside from a couple nights of a good deal of crying.  And the happy news is that she is eating much better than she has... perhaps ever!  She is daily meeting the goal that the nutritionist has set for her, and so we rejoice in that one.  The better eating is a direct result of the surgery, and we hoped for it... but what a relief and beautiful gift to be experiencing it.  It has been a hard push for five long months, feeding-wise.

As the day has gotten away from me and now it is bedtime, I have much more to say, but fatigue is setting in.  Let's just close it off for tonight by saying that Nick and I were very grateful to be home on Thanksgiving with our little baby this year.  She has grown to be such a precious smiley little doll.  As of a couple days ago she has started to smile much more with her eyes as well, squinting them up a bit as she flashes a big one!  We are blessed.  Good night, friends...