Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Alison is home!!! We were able to bring Alison home tonight. She has jaundice and has to have a Bili-light at all times (unless we are going to get blood drawn), but besides that everything is fine. We got the prelims on the CT-scan that was run yesterday. It appears that Alison's hydrocephalus is moderate, which means she will not need to have a shunt immediately. We have an appointment with Dr. Schell on September 5th for a follow up. Hopefully everything will stay the same and she won't need a shunt.

Saturday, August 17, 2002

Alison is here!! She was born August 16 at 8:54 PM, weighed 6 lbs, 5 oz. and is 18 inches long. She scored a 8 and 9 on her Apgars. Although she is in the NICU and had some breathing difficulty at first, she is doing really well and only had to be on c-pap for 12 hours before being able to breathe completely on her own. She's the biggest baby in her part of the NICU nursery!!