All of us finally arrived home Monday afternoon. Laurence was discharged Sunday evening, but little Ava had to stay to get her bilirubin levels down. Her Jaundice was a bit of a concern. Luckilly they had a place for Laurence to stay in the Special Care Nursery, and I found a little alcove to sleep in down the hall. We spent Sunday night getting up every two to three hours to get Ava to feed so she could get better faster. The really hard part was we had spent the previous three days on the same schedule.

So after a day of various combinations of Bili-lights and Bili-blankets, and a lot of milk and diaper changes inside an incubator, we were finally released. Let me just say that was probably the longest week of my life, with one day super-imposed onto the other. We were lucky to have such a great staff that took care of our little girl at the Lucilly Packard Childrens Hospital. We learned so much, and got such wonderful support from all the various Nurses and Doctors. They even made the cutest little sign for her crib in the Nursery, and got us a lovely quilt the volunteers make for special babies. It was such a nice touch.

Below are the images we’ve taken so far, there are three online photo albums, one from the Birth, one from our stay in the hospital, and one from when we finally got home. We are all doing buch better now…

The Birth: http://www.codyo.com/images/HappyBirthday/

Our stay at the Hospital: http://www.codyo.com/images/inThe_Nursery/

Home at Last: http://www.codyo.com/images/HomeAtLast/

Home With Us: http://www.codyo.com/images/HomeWithUs/