Starting to feel better

Okay,

So it's looking like Abby will be able to come home Friday. Yahooooo! We can't wait for that but I am also anxious to get MY baby home. Poor Kelly has been there this entire time and is running on MAYBE 3 to 4 hours of sleep a night and is exhausted, so we need to get her home too. Last night I guess Abby decided to have another party in her crib from 2 to 5AM. What makes it so hard for Abby to stay asleep is all the junk that builds up in her throat. As it it sits there and accumulates she starts to choke on it. She gets nauseous too because all she has in her tummy is all that junk and it doesn't set well. The good part about being at the hospital is that they have an electrical pump kind of gizmo that goes into her throat and suctions everything out. She feels so much better after this happens, but it's no picnic. Kelly said that the first time they did it, they had to go in through her nose and poor Abby screamed her head off at a level that Kelly had never heard before. Although each time there after, the nurses have only gone in through her mouth and down her throat instead of through her nose. She wasn't too excited about those suction episodes either but they weren't as bad as the other way.

So ANYWAY...my point is that we can't bring her home until all the junk and gunk clears up because we don't have a fancy shmancy gunk and spit sucker upper gizmo at home. And if she doesn't get the gunk out, she is miserable. If she is miserable, she isn't sleeping, and if she isn't sleeping, she isn't resting and getting better. Instead she is bouncing around and guess who is entertaining her? Momma! So that means momma ain't sleepin' either...!

Some good news is that the J Tube is still hanging in there and they have been feeding her 24/7 basically, which means she has actually had some good weight gain since she's been there. Some more good news is that Eddie seems to be doing much better with his RSV and is pretty much back to normal. He has been so great during all this. It's pretty easy to figure him out. He is either tired, hungry, or has to go poop. It's funny because I have the same grumpy list....well...I actually have one more to add to my list but other than that, he and I are exactly the same! I'm sure he'll add this one later too...!

While we're looking good, it ain't over 'til it's over so keep the positive thoughts, well wishes, prayers and all that good stuff coming until the little thing actually comes home.

Many thanks to Grandma Cindy who took time off of work to help out and Great Grandma Bette who dropped everything out in Sunny La Quinta to come out here and help as well. This would have been a very difficult situation without you guys and we can't thank you enough.

Below is a short video I made up from some footage I got using my old school digital camera so please excuse the grainy appearance. We had to wake Abby up to give her the "breathing treatment." The breathing treatment is given by a nurse that holds this tube that blows air in her face. The air is cool and full of stuff that helps Abby's lungs expand and take in air easier. She has really gotten to like this stuff. Kinda makes you wonder what's in it!

Enjoy and thanks for checking in.

Ryan