Miss Delaney goes to Omaha

We went to Omaha Children's Hospital today for a follow-up appointment with Dr. Abdessalam, Delaney's surgeon. He says she has recovered really well. He also showed us video of the procedure, which was very cool;he's going to send it to us, and I'll try and post it here.

Delaney's starting to show us some real smiles, which is pretty cool, even if the biggest one came right after a big fat spit-up.

2 Months!

Yesterday was Delaney's 2-month birthday. Hard to believe it's been that long. Heck, it's hard to believe it's been that short.

Denied!

We picked up Delaney from the hospital this morning, where we found out that Dr. Neyazi would like to keep her on the oxygen for another six weeks. She's not having any more apneas, but her oxygen saturation average needs to come up a couple of points. Sort of a bummer, but it's better in the long run.

After that we went to her two-month appointment, where she received 3 vaccination shots. That was fun. I think we officially reached her last nerve and trampled all over it. Since then she's been alternating between deep sleep and hair-trigger meltdowns. So yeah, fun times.

Slug bug!

At Vanessa's request, here's the Civic's predecessor, circa 1987. This is just after Dad and Stephanie drove it from Colorado (having purchased it from the Dukes) to South Carolina. It was showing off a little more rust and primer by the time Vanessa saw it (1990?).
It's probably in a junk heap somewhere, but it was a good first car (mostly), full of (mostly) good memories.

edit: The more I think about this, the more I think the picture is actually from 1988, right before my high school graduation, mostly because the picture was taken with a camera I didn't have in 1987.

Expensive babysitter!

Delaney's at the hospital tonight, getting her pneumogram done. We'll pick her up tomorrow morning, and hopefully find out that we can take her off the oxygen (fingers crossed).
Awfully quiet around here...

Zounds, Seven Pounds!

Delaney hit seven pounds yesterday; I'm not sure if seven pounds hit back.

She's doing really well, and has apparently decided that, for the most part, if she's going to spit up or provide any other kind of bodily fluid, she's going to do it on Jessica. I in no way condone this shameful behavior.

More pictures are in the web album, add some captions if you like.

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6 of one, 13 of the other

Delaney had a doctor's appointment yesterday, just a check-up. She's at 6#13oz., which is pretty good progress.
In two weeks she'll go back for another appointment, get some shots, and then spend the night at the hospital, where they'll do another pneumogram. That will help to determine if she still needs oxygen. Keep your fingers crossed.

When we came out of the doctor's office, this car was parked next to Jessica's car.



Upon examination of certain identifying characteristics (USAA Roadside Assistance sticker, non-standard tailpipe, non-standard wheel covers, Honda Cars of Bellevue sticker, rust spots on the edges of the rear wheel wells, leftover velcro tabs from the auto bra,) I realized it was my old Civic that I bought in 1990 and sold in 2002. Cool, huh? It's kind of like an old friend stopping by for a visit.
Everybody say hello!

Due Date!!

Well, we made it to Delaney's due date. She's doing really well, sleeping, eating, gaining weight, and filling her drawers. She's still got her oxygen and monitor, and I won't be sorry to see the end of those. Once in a while we put her on the portable oxygen and take her on a field trip to the living room, which she seems to enjoy.