And We're Home!

Yes, we made it home today, about two hours ago and Hadley is so happy. She is napping now and I will probably do the same even though we had a great night last night we are still very worn out. The hospital stay was some what eventful. We stayed in ICU the first night and next day and during that time we had some really bad storms come through and the hospital went on lockdown with tornado warnings twice. So that was fun. Luckily nothing happened because we were told that because in the ICU they do not evacuate. They basically moved Hadley's crib away from the window as far as they could, put some blankets on the sides of the crib and gave us a flashlight and told us not to leave. The night before had been a pretty painful one for her so needless to say my nerves were shot at this point so we just went with it. Late that afternoon the commotion had died down and we were given the OK to head down to the Neuro floor in a regular room. In a way it's kind-of like getting downgraded from first class to coach but the big advantage to the regular rooms is that they have their own bathrooms! So that meant I could take a shower finally! ICU bathrooms are located outside of the ICU entrance and are for all families so I just decided to hold out for one in our room. The second night proved to be just as exciting as the first. Remember when I was saying Hadley's appetite was amazing. Yeah it all came back up at about 3am. So that meant the nurse and I had to clean and move a screaming child that did not want to be moved and wasn't supposed to be moved. And not to mention the pain medication was in all that mess that came back up, that is really what started it all. So once again we had another sleepless night but we plowed on and things got better the following day. One thing that was funny to me about Hadley was she really hated the nurses. I know that should not be funny but it was because you can start to see her little personality coming through. One nurse was talking to me and put her hand on Hadley and Hadley reached and picked her hand up and took it off of her. The nurse was shocked and we were laughing so hard. I don't think Hadley really hated the nurses but she just associated anyone coming in the room with temperature taking, medicine giving, and more poking. Even when the Grandparents were there at different times she gave them attitude right at first. She is such a sweet and gentle baby but I'm glad to see she is getting a little independent streak.

I know this next part will be gross to some so don't read further if you get queasy but I will post a picture of the incision site and really just so you see exactly where it is an how big. To be honest Sean and I both were expecting it to be bigger. But this will heal just like her others. And pretty soon she will have longer hair and it will cover it up regardless. So here is the pic...

She is still pretty sore today but the Dr. said the swelling lasts for about 4 days and so we should be on the tail end of that so things should just get better from here. But we still will be taking it easy this weekend and next week. I am going to keep her out of daycare next week also just because I really can't handle her getting a cold or something worse on top of this. Lets just keep her sister well also!