A Sleepy Tuesday Recap

As I sit here at 4 AM in the morning typing Tuesday's entry, I'll caution that this blog entry will be far from an epic. In fact, this will be closer to a "Cliffs Note" of Tuesday's activities than it will be "The Iliad."

Still, that's not to say that today was a boring one... my late-night entry has more to do with a fussy eater at home who just can't get comfortable than it does with a lack of anything to scribe.

Speaking of The Peanut, it's been an "all or nothing" type of feeding day with her. Either she's acing a nursing session or she's fussing with a bottle after never really latching onto her mother. I guess you could say that Braelyn seems to be a spurt eater, which probably has to do with her getting so tired out following a good feeding than anything else. I'm sure as her size increases, she'll get better stamina. Braelyn did have her first extended car ride today as we took Mom to her post-cesarean check up followed by a trip to CMH so Dad could visit with Gwendolyn. Like most babies, the rhythmic humming of the tires on the road proved to be quite an soothing way to induce sleep.

BTW, that doctor's check up went great for Heather. She still can't drive and needs the assistance of her pain meds but the nurse said she's doing very good and continues to progress each and every day.

As for Gwendolyn, today was a cool day of experiences for us with her. Heather was able to breast feed her bed-side at the hospital for the first time. Let's just say that Gwen took to the breast a little easier than her sister. She basically just latched on and immediately started gulping! It was kind of a surreal moment that left me a little emotional as I watched it all unfold. There's been an update on her release schedule. On Wednesday (later this morning), she's still scheduled for another head scan to determine how the hydrocephalus has decreased since the shunt was put in. She'll also get a scan of her kidneys.

However, it doesn't look like she'll be discharged now until Tuesday. Apparently there's one further test that needs to happen and it can't take place until she can be placed on her back. That should be cleared to transpire in a few days. So now that test will take place on Friday and, because of the weekend lag, the results won't be back until Monday. Ergo, we won't be able to take her home until Tuesday.

The reason for the gap between the test results coming in and discharge from the hospital is because before she can come home, we have an evening family "test run" of sorts that will transpire. Basically, we get to grab Braelyn and spend the night at the hospital in a isolation area with Gwen. It allows us to get a sense for what it will actually be like at home with Gwen so if any issues arise, we'll have a nurse right there to guide us though it that first time. While this isn't what we envisioned when we thought of our first night together as a family, I think it will go a long way toward making sure that we are as prepared as we can be to take Gwendolyn home and care for her.

Well, I guess that's it for now. Hopefully I'll have some glowing test results to post after Wednesday's scans.

Sorry again for the late update.

Talk to you all soon!!!