Friday, January 18, 2008

Week #1

Just born! So cute!

Our new little family
She always keeps her hands up by her face.

She was holding her binky in her mouth with one hand and was sleeping with her arm across her eyes to block out the light. She is so funny!

Coming home from the hospital the first time

1st Sunday

Our little thug

This is from our camera phone so not the best quality but so cute! And yes, that is an iv in her arm. For those that don't know, we had a stressful first week. Monday night, our little girl had a little episode where she flushed red, started to twitch, went limp, and stopped breathing. It was very scary for Dave and I. She had 2 more episodes like this before we got to the doctor on Tuesday. She then had an episode for the doctor and he decided to admit her to the hospital. After many tests (head CT, lumbar puncture, lab draws, urine caths, EEG) they discovered she had a seizure disorder. She now must take phenobarbital for the next couple years. Dave had this same type of thing as a baby and it went away, so we believe that hers will go away too. We are lucky to have good insurance and a good family to help us through this. She was such a little trooper through all the tests and the whole adventure.
She was using her iv arm and the board as a weapon! Watch out for the swinging arm!
So cute!
We came home from the hospital today. It is nice to be home! I will try and keep pictures coming as I get them! Thanks to everyone for their caring phone calls and support through this tough first week! We love you all!

4 comments:

Heather said...

She is super cute! Love you guys!

Kristen said...

so scary. i am sorry. We have a family in our ward that their 2 kids have seizures. I hope that she continues to get better.

Brooke said...

Wow. That's my crazy little girl! She's already finding ways to keep you on your toes! Just wait until she talks and walks ... then Aunt Brooke will get a hold of her and you won't know what happened! I can't wait! he he!
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Kara said...

oh my goodness. I am in love with her, she is so beautiful. Guess what?! She was born on Elle's birthday, January 10th. I think I remember joking about that with you, that she might be, how funny! What a special day right? Well I found your blog, so now we have to keep in touch. Our blog is jkeeaton.blogspot.com. We miss you guys, we need to get together sometime.