I called Jacob this morning who said she took all of her feedings really well, YEAH, but her bilirubin is back up to 11, BOO. Oh, how this sets off a whirlwind of emotions inside of me. I so desperately wanted her to come home today but feel she will probably be put back under the lights and continue to stay in the NICU. I want her to come home for the rest of our family's sake as well. I am so fortunate to have two older children who care and love for their baby sister so much but it has to be draining them as well. This is summertime. A time when all they should be worried about is which swim suit to wear to the pool or how many new mosquito bites they have added to their collections after playing outside all evening. Instead, they are such troopers, heading back and forth to the hospital each and every day where the only excitement there is who gets to press the elevator buttons each time we go up and down. Of course they are loving the cafeteria food. The nurse delivers the meal tray and we have to divide it up between the two of them. I suppose one day we will all look back on this experience and laugh as we have so many of the other challenges we have faced together as a family.
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