Here she is! At home, with us, finally, 143 days after she was born. She is 6 weeks old, corrected. After two nights of rooming in with her, we brought her home yesterday, Friday October 21. She slept through her first outing, in her car seat, all the way home. It was the first time she saw the sunlight but yesterday was quite cloudy so she didn't get to really enojoy the warmth of the afternoon sun.
She was super good last night, sleeping really well.
Having a baby at home is not easy, as I knew, but it is a lot harder than I thought. There are moments when I almost lost my patience (yeah, already, only few days after rooming in with her). But as contrary to what I thought, having her on oxygen is not the reason why it's so hard. It's just the ordinary baby things that drive me nuts, like crying, fussing, having to feed every few hours, not being able to do anything because I need to hold her, ....
So far she's been good. I hope she stays clear out of colds, flu, RSV, etc. Even a simple cold could be very serioud for Emilia because she has a chronic lung disease.
I will keep posting her progress even though our NICU stay is now over. It's truly the beginnig of a new chapter in our family.
Emilia was born on May 31, 2011, at 25 weeks and 5 days in gestational age. She came home on October 21, 2011 after spending 143 days in the hospital. Today she's a thriving, happy baby who continues to amaze us every single day. This blog records the journey of our miracle baby.
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