Saturday, April 19, 2008

Lily's First Days





We have had quite a week so far. After the delivery, Lily scared us all by deciding to stop breathing for a bit while she was nursing for the first time. That little stunt of course scared us to death and landed her in the ICU nursery for most of the day, being tested from head to toe. Thankfully, the episode was just a fluke and the test results all came back indicating that she is as healthy as a new baby can be. 

Meanwhile, Courtney spent the first day of Lily's life with a spinal headache as a result of the epidural. This got noticeably better the following day, but returned the night we got home. So the next day, we went back to UAMS for a blood patch to heal the headache. 

We are all doing much better now - adjusting to life as new parents and enjoying the visits from friends and family. Of course we do have "Grana," Courtney's mom hear to help us so our version of parenting is free from housework and cooking at the moment. 

2 comments:

Aaron said...

She is very very cute. I am glad to see that she is healthy. Sam is pumped! It looks like maybe a cow licked her head?? I love it.

Courtney said...

She definitely has a massive cow lick. Not sure what we will do about that in years to come.