Having a Ball!

Sloane Day 5. Coming from Tiff:  We apologize for taking our time with updates. Now that things are settling a bit at home and in the hospital with Sloane, hopefully we will find a somewhat normal routine.  I got released last night from the maternal fetal wing of the hospital. One thing we are noticing and really liking about Colorado Children’s hospital is that everyone seems to be extremely loving and accommodating, and we were able to really move at our own pace for my discharge. We really appreciate this as everything has been such a whirlwind for us. It’s still mind blowing that it’s been less than two weeks since we learned that we would need to even be working with Children’s at all. Last night was very odd. I feel like it goes against everything in nature to have a baby, and then leave your baby in the NICU to go home. We both were glad to be back in our own bed but it also was really disconcerting. They did do a room change for Sloane after I got discharged, and now ...

Many of you know that the last several years have not been particularly easy for us. Eric and I went through several years waiting to get pregnant, as I sustained several long-term health problems after Aiden's birth. After spending most of the summer in Mount Shasta, CA helping out my dad's Lymphoma treatments, Eric and I were reunited in July and we found out shortly thereafter -the end of August- that I was pregnant. We were behind overjoyed and Aiden was SO excited to be a BIG brother!  What we didn’t know: This pregnancy was complicated from the get-go. During the months of my pregnancy we battled not only emotional battles (as we stood by my Dad’s side through his battle with Lymphoma, and was at his side as he passed away quietly in January) but also, this pregnancy was  physically very difficult for me. I had high blood pressure, protein in my urine, and conflicting  lab results for my doctors.  We knew something may have been really off...