We got our favorite Christmas present on Dec 14 - Ellie came home!
I spent the night before her discharge in this room in the hospital with her. I didn't get any sleep, she was awake for a lot of the night!
All dressed and ready to go home! She got her feeding tube out the day before, she now has no cords, wires, or tubes! She's our first wireless baby!
Her first night at home went much better than her last night at the hospital! She actually woke up to eat (her brothers had to be woken up, several times during each bottle, when they were first home) and slept in between. Her nurse got her on a 4 hour schedule, so she eats only every 4 hours.
She came home at 71 days old, 37 weeks gestation, 5 lb 7 oz, 17" long. Here she is with her bear today, as compared to her with her bear when she was at her smallest. She has grown quite a bit!
Ian especially is really excited to have her home, and has wanted to hold her. Levi is fascinated by her, and Caleb keeps saying, as she makes noises in her sleep that we hear on the monitor, "that's Ellie on the thermometer!"
We got our favorite Christmas present on Dec 14 - Ellie came home!
I spent the night before her discharge in this room in the hospital with her. I didn't get any sleep, she was awake for a lot of the night!
All dressed and ready to go home! She got her feeding tube out the day before, she now has no cords, wires, or tubes! She's our first wireless baby!
Her first night at home went much better than her last night at the hospital! She actually woke up to eat (her brothers had to be woken up, several times during each bottle, when they were first home) and slept in between. Her nurse got her on a 4 hour schedule, so she eats only every 4 hours.
She came home at 71 days old, 37 weeks gestation, 5 lb 7 oz, 17" long. Here she is with her bear today, as compared to her with her bear when she was at her smallest. She has grown quite a bit!
Ian especially is really excited to have her home, and has wanted to hold her. Levi is fascinated by her, and Caleb keeps saying, as she makes noises in her sleep that we hear on the monitor, "that's Ellie on the thermometer!"
12 comments:
Welcome Home Ellie!!!
What a wonderful Christmas present!!
Merry Christmas to All!
Love,
Johnson's
Oh Congrats! I'm so happy for you and your family. She looks so healthy and growing! What a blessing. Beautiful.
Woo-hoo!!!
That doesn't even look like the same bear!
Glad you finally joined the rest of us in going wireless :) Couldn't be happier for you. Merry Christmas!
Holy Crow! She really has grown a ton! She got to go home on my birthday!! What a superb early Christmas present. We are looking forward to our own early present this year. Tomorrow is the big day!! Have a wonderful Christmas! So glad you will get to spend it with all of your little family!
yay! Congrats. I agree with dave. It looks like a different bear! What an awesome christmas present!
you finished the blanket! it's so cute! and ellie is too.
Congratulations, It couldn't have happened to a better family! We are excited that you get to spend Christmas together. She really has grown.
CONGRATS!!!!! What a wonderful gift!!! I cant believe how fast she flew through the NICU. Im glad that you're all back together as a family.
We are so happy for the whole family, I love that she is on the thermometer.
You got the best Christmas present. Ellie is beautiful!
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