More pictures!

May 13, 2013

By Lisa

Yesterday we visited some more with the LeahBug. She loves being held and I can’t wait ’til we can snuggle with her without 8,000 cords and cables and tubes getting in the way. There’ll be a couple of tubes until she has her surgery, but two would be a vast improvement on what she’s got now!

I *heart* this photo. Mandy is such a good mama already.

Mama Lisa the Kangaroo

Look at me! I’m holdin’ a baby!

Comfy cozy on Mama Lisa’s chest

Look Mamas! No cannula! The LeahBug is breathing all on her own! And I still say she looks like her Grandpa Bill.

Mama Kangaroo

May 12, 2013

By Lisa

Since baby Leah got her vent out yesterday morning, we were finally able to hold her! She looked a little bit too tired to take her out in the morning, so we waited until the afternoon. We each got to hold her for 15 minutes, which is about how long it took the nurse to get her out of the isolette in the first place – this is one “plugged in” little girl! But the nurse finally sorted out all of the cords and tubes and wires and set her down on our chests, where she snuggled in. When the nurse put Leah on Mandy’s chest she even tried to open her eyes and look up at her mama.

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Look world! No vent!

May 11, 2013

By Lisa

Baby Leah got her ventilator removed today, so she’s now breathing for herself, though she’s receiving oxygen through her nose. She was working really hard and looked exhausted this morning, but she still tried to open one little eye to say hi to her mamas.

“Look, Mamas! No vent!”