Happy Easter!

Hangin' with Dad

No better Easter present than to hold your newborn sleeping in your arms.  Muriel is now getting more rest than we are for sure.  Literally everything is better now - blood gases all normal, flow down to 2 liters/min, breast milk started again last night on continuous drip, breathing normal and relaxed.  They are to remove her central line IVs sometime tonight and put a new IV into her hand to take their place.  I guess they tried earlier this morning and couldn't get it to take, so decided to wait.  I heard that her x-rays were looking better, but the respiratory therapists are still coming by every three hours (back from two) and performing percussion.  She really doesn't appreciate it!

Our other two girls left Ronald McDonald house this morning for Aunt Cookie's house for the annual Easter egg hunt.  Felt very bad that they couldn't visit their new sister.  Madeline asked about her several times, and we just had to tell her Muriel is still sick, and she can't see you yet...

What a rollercoaster ride.  I was sitting here in her room when the doctor came by on rounds, and listened as the nurses updated her on progress.  I literally felt embarrassed at our meltdown day before yesterday, but she has apparently seen worse (so she says!).  I apologized, at any rate.  We are in very good hands for sure.  I'll try not to be a doubter again!

It is still a tangle, but the nurses are very accommodating when we want to hold her.  Megan got to do it last night while I was wrestling with Madeline and Mirabelle, so I got to do it today.  What a wonderful feeling, especially when I know she is comfortable and relaxed.  Fingers crossed we have passed over the peak of the difficulties, at least for this stay.  I imagine early next week we will start hearing about plans to get out of here.  I don't want to ask and jinx things.

Happy Easter everyone!