Friday, July 10, 2009

Seraph is coming home Tonight!!

Baby Angel and her Grandpa waiting for miss Seraph to come home :)








Seraph is such a happy little girl. I can't wait til you can all meet her :)


















Look at the mouth full of teeth!! She has 2 molars on their way in, too. And she's still a happy girl! (OK, the tylenol helps) She also loves to suck on washcloths.






She loves playing with her toys, too. One of the nurses said she's the most self-entertained baby she's ever watched. That's my girlie!

Monday at the Beach

Strong Bear and his cousin, Butterfly, playing at the skate park. The skate park is on the way to the sand park which is on the way to the beach. It takes ages to walk to the beach with all those parks in the way!!




Beautiful Rabbit didn't bring a swimsuit, but that didn't slow her down at all! Several of our neighbors were already at the beach with their girls. The girls covered each other in sand and then rinsed it off...again and again




Delightful Finch charmed her way into a treasure of chips and water (from our sweet neighbors). She spent an hour walking around offering chips to everyone on the beach. (or maybe she was just showing everyone her loot...it's hard to tell).




Here's my sil with one of her twins. I think it's the Professor. He wasn't in the mood to get wet.







His brother, Pirate, was all about splashing! He and Angel made friends with another little girl their age. We hung out on the waterline and tried not to eat too much sand.

Watermelon and the sand park on the way back! Sadly, our cousins had to go back home yesterday. They live back East. They were here for a whole month and didn't get to see baby Seraph - who's coming home today. I can't believe we didn't get to see all the twins together....of all the luck!!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Out of the ICU

Seraph graduated from the PICU today. They want to watch her for 5-7 days in the step-down unit. They are weaning her anti-anxiety medicine and want to make sure she's OK with the wean before they send her home.

I changed the bandage at her g-tube site. It was pretty simple. So, I'm all ready to bring her home now :)

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Good News, Seraph :)

Seraph hangs out on a huge floor mat in the PICU. She's surrounded by toys. She LOVES this toy a ton!! (We might have to get her one..heh) She's rolling onto her sides, reaching for things, sitting up in chairs, smiling tons....

Good News:
--Seraph is on 1/2 liter oxygen (that's less than what she'd been on at home.)
--She took a super long nap today (great because she hasn't been sleeping for more than a few hours at a time)

They're keeping her in the PICU for now. They need to make sure she can tolerate being off the high flow oxygen.

She LOVED playing with her papa. He's just so fun!! Strong Bear came with us today. He wanted to see Seraph. He played with her toys and talked to her a lot. (Later, he threw pennies in the fountain and played on the rocks while daddy brought the car around.)

Look at all those teeth!! Seraph has 2 molar teeth coming in on bottom. She loves her teeth soooo much. She's always touching them or biting toys.




We finally wore Seraph out and she fell asleep in my arms. She never lets me cradle her like this. I hold her on my shoulder alot or in my lap (facing away from me). It was wonderful to snuggle and watch her slow blinks as she drifted off.

Thank you for all your prayers. Seraph really seemed like herself today....and it was wonderful! Can't wait to have her home :)

Short for Summer!!

Beautiful Rabbit went short for Summer. I love it!! She's been building rivers in the lot next to us. Armed with 2 new shovels and a hoe, she built quite a river before her shoulders got sunburnt. Now we're keeping her in aloe vera to while her skin heals.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Seraph - a little better today

They're weaning her high flow oxygen down to 4 liters today. She's off all the sedative and muscle relaxant drips. Yesterday when we visited, she was agitated when she first woke up, but then fell asleep in Beautiful Rabbit's arms. After a very long nap, she woke up ready to play :)

Her wonderful nurse today plans to break out the floor mats and play with her down on the floor today. (Daddy always stresses the importance of letting Seraph experience multiple positions in a day. So, he's pretty happy with this plan.)

She is off Lovenox! Yay! No more shots!! and Mom and Dad won't have to give her shots at home - double yay!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Off bi pap!

Seraph is off bi pap and on the high flow oxygen. She's on 8 liters high flow now. Once she's weaned down to 2 liters they'll mover her out of the ICU. Then once she's weaned down to 1 liter oxygen she can come home :)

Good job, girlie. No pictures yet - maybe once daddy gets home.

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