She's coming home

Her shirt says preemie princess. On of the NICU nurses, Lori, bought it for her.

Having her apnea test.

Ciara is doing well again today weighing in at 4lb 2oz. That's right, we have hit the four pound mark! The big news to share with everyone is that Ciara is coming home on Saturday!!!! We are so excited and cannot wait to have our family together. It is just in time too. Aaliyah is so tired of me leaving everyday. She is acting out a lot and is refusing to go to grandma bensons. She was supposed to go on a road trip with her today but would not get in her car seat. After about an hour of fighting with her I picked her up and took her back in our house. Well she threw quite the tantrum-kicking, screaming, and arching her back. I am so stressed about her feelings too so I began to cry as well. I just feel like this is all my fault. It is my fault Ciara is in the hospital, therefore I have to leave everyday to see her and it is making my other daughter upset in the process. I will be glad when she is home and Aaliyah won't have to go anywhere if she doesn't want to. I am also glad that she is coming home soon because it is very expense driving up there everyday and I do eat one meal at the hospital. And believe me hospital food is very expensive. It will be nice to not have those expenses anymore.

Ciara had a test done on Tuesday to see if she needs to come home on a monitor. I just kind of prepared myself for a monitor and I was right. She has a lot of periodic breathing so she will be coming home on an apnea monitor. I am going to stay overnight with her tomorrow night (that is if Aaliyah will let me) to learn how to run the monitor, mix her special formula, and give her meds. It is called nesting in and hopefully I will be able to take advantage of it. We will see what Aaliyah thinks of me leaving! Ciara had her hearing exam also this week and everything passed except for the last test on the right ear. So she will have to go back to the audiologist to be retested. She also went through a car seat test to make sure she will be able to breathe well while sitting in the car seat. She passed. Today she had her final eye exam and there is no signs of damage. Praise the Lord!!!! Please continue to pray for our angel. And when things get settled in we can start having visitors. Because she is still very tiny and very fragile I am going to limit the amount of visitors per day and she will still need long periods of uninterrupted sleep. But give me a call and we'll schedule a visit!

I also don't know how much I will get to update the blog after Ciara gets home, but I will try my best to do it once a week.