Amy is HOME! She was able to come home from the hospital on her 3
month birthday (Saturday Feb 5th).
Here is her story.
It has been quite the journey for such a little girl.
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Nov 5, 2010: Amy is born! 12 weeks early. 2lbs 13 oz.
She came through an emergency C-section.
She was immediately placed on a ventilator and taken out
of the operating room to be attended to.
Nov 7, 2010: Amy is two days old and gets her first blood transfusion.
Nov 8, 2010: Amy has one of many echocardiograms to make
sure a certain valve in her heart closes off properly.
Nov 11, 2010: Amy's breathing abilities improve! She gets
moved from the ventilator to the CPAP machine.
Nov 13, 2010: We get to hold Amy for the first time!
Nov 14, 2010: Amy gets moved from the CPAP machine
to just a nasal canula for her breathing.
She also has her first (premie) outfit and hair bow!
Nov 29, 2010: Amy's last day at Timpanogos Hospital NICU
Nov 30, 2010: Amy gets moved to Primary Childrens Hospital
for a consult with their Neurosurgeons regarding
too much fluid in the ventricles of her brain.
Dec 2, 2010: Amy is placed on the ventilator again
and is taken to the OR. She has a reservoir placed in her brain
to allow doctors to manually remove extra cerebral-spinal fluid.
Dec 6, 2010: Amy gets her third blood transfusion.
Dec 23, 2010: Amy is moved to a crib! This was significant
because it meant she was able to regulate
her own temperature and no longer needed
the heat lamps to keep her warm.
Jan 4, 2011: Amy has her 2 month immunizations!
Jan 10, 2011: The doctors would pull off about 30 ml/cc (1 ounce)
of fluid everyday. After a few weeks, they changed it to every
other day, then every three days, then for an
entire week! She had head ultrasounds weekly
to make sure that the fluid was resolving.Her last "tap"
as they would call it (pulling fluid out), was on Jan 10th.
The fluid has since resolved and her head is doing great!
Jan 27, 2011: Amy was due to be born this day!
Feb 1, 2011: Amy has a "G-tube"(feeding tube) placed in
her stomach. She is working on feeding by bottle but still
needs some extra help getting all the calories she needs.
Feb 4, 2011: Amy's last day at Primary Children's NICU
(she was tired of that place)
Feb 5th, 2011: AMY COMES HOME!
It has been the most difficult three months, but we made it!
Jeff and I have relied on each other, our families and most
importantly,our Heavenly Father during the past
few months and WE DID IT!
Thank you to all who helped us during this struggle.
It has been humbling to see the sacrifice, love
and service being done in our behalf.
We are truly blessed.
Welcome Home Amy!
We've really enjoyed having her home! The best things about having her home is:
1: We don't have to drive 45 mins, find a parking spot,
walk up 4 flights of stairs, "phone in" to get
permission to enter the NICU and
then scrub our hands raw before seeing her.
2: We can now take more than one step
while holding her because she's
no longer attached to a monitor!
3: We can take really cute pictures of her anytime we want!
(as long as she cooperates)
