3.22.11

Just a quick note before a feeding -
Yesterday, I took Harper into the ER - don't freak out, just wait - She started getting really stuffy over the weekend and since I had a cold last week, I was worried she caught it (yeah, don't I feel guilty). Sunday was pretty rough, she really was not feeling well and was throwing up way after her feedings and they were really mucousy. But Sunday night she seemed to be just fine, cooing and smiling up a storm, so we thought we had weathered the worst of it. Monday, my last day off before returning to work, she seemed better than Sunday, but was still stuffy and was still have problems every once and awhile keeping some food down. We called the dr.'s office and since my doctor wasn't in, and because she's a preemie, they told me to take her to the ER. So, off we went. Good news is she weighed in at 7 lbs. 15 oz.!! Almost 8 lbs!! The rest of her vitals looked good. They took abdomen and chest x-rays and the abdomen came back just fine. That was a relief because I was afraid her umbilical hernia was the cause of the throwing up, so I was happy that was clear. The chest x-ray came back a little bothersome. It confirmed that she had an upper respiratory infection (aka - a cold) and that she "may possibly have early pneumonia" in the dr.'s words. He said it may very well not turn into anything and that many babies who have common colds would have lung xrays that look like that, but because she's a preemie they want to be extra cautious. They put her on antibiotics and sent us on our way home. Today, she seems to be just fine. She's had several good feedings, although she's had a couple of little mucous bubbles come back up. But her spirit is feisty as ever and she had many conversations with us today. She's very talkative (wonder where she gets that?) Still stuffy, but I am determined to suck every last drop of snot out of that little girls nose! :)
All in all - first trip to ER wasn't bad, since it wasn't really a true "emergency". I was able to stay rather calm and got numerous compliments from the awesome ER nurse on how calm I was being. I told her, unfortunately, this the a piece of cake compared to some of the stuff we've had to deal with.
On another note - returned to work today. Loved going back to work - Hated not being with her. I ran home on my lunch break to say hi (I love being only 2 minutes from work!!) She was bright-eyed and talking up a storm. LOVED IT!! We were supposed to start daycare today, but obviously, we are not comfortable with that, so Matt's mom came over and watched her when Matt went to work. I love that Matt gets to stay home with her until 2:30, it's so nice.
Better run, missy needs to eat!