It was one of the hardest things I've done in recent history. Tonight, Monica and I are sleeping at home and our newest angel is still in the hospital. The sleeping arrangements at the hospital are so-so. It's a true blessing that they have them but the two of us in a twin bed with a fairly-active-after-midnight-group sharing the space does not make for a good night's sleep. She is in the hands of one of our favorite nurses tonight and she has all of our phone numbers.
Hope has had a pretty good day. Despite still being on the ventilator, they have begun the weaning process again. When we left, the vent was breathing for her eight times per minute and she was breathing 18-20 times per minute, with good O2 saturations and blood gases, and without the huge efforts and discomfort required with breathing yesterday. The pacemaker wires (placed at time of surgery, just in case) and the RA lines were removed as well as the dressing over her incision. In addition to all this 'stuff' coming off, she is beginning to open her eyes more and more, and so she is beginning to look more and more like the baby I saw early Tuesday morning. In fact, I swear she heard Mon and I talking about leaving tonight and made extra eye contact as if to say, "Please don't leave." It really was had to pull ourselves away from this tiny helpless creature.
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Dear Hope, Your Mama and Daddy,
We are your cousins in Lancaster, PA. You are such a beautiful baby girl and you have a wonderful family. You are going to have so much fun with your brother Shane and your sister Livi,Nonna, Poppop and everybody in all your familes. Just wait until we can all get our hands on you.
Monica and Kevin: way to go! What a lovely little girl. I must tell you that these pictures bring me to tears. And I'm not talking merely about the post surgery pictures, but the pictures of that babe having the first post-birth bellows, the shots under the gaze of the two of you, the pictures with the adoring grandmas..... well, all of them bring me to tears to think of the wonderful answer to our prayers.
Take care and thank you for sharing the pictures in this album. Look ahead to a nice long summer of ease.
Take care.
love to all,
Cousin Linda, Jim and all of us Kopfs.
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