Home At Long Last and Doing Great

Baby Caroline came home after 12 days in NICU at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. I flew down ahead of our original schedule of April 29th, to be with Jeff for moral support since Heather was still in the hospital til Saturday. Caroline made daily progress and was weaned off the ventillator, then the oxygen, then the IV hyperal (nutrition) and began to breast feed before discharge. Her resp. lungs matured after a dose of surfactant; and her patent ductus closed after a prostglandin inhibitor was administer by IV drip over several days.

John came down on the 29th, as originally planned, and we stayed with Jeff and Heather for a few days til they were able to get some rest and get into a routine with Baby Caroline. She is adorable. Will share more pictures when I get home from Florida.

Currently, John has returned to Indy after 2 weeks' stay, and I'm here at Julie's for a week and then for a week at David's--but on call 24/7 in case Jeff and Heather need help in any way.

Needless to say, I am enjoying my visit with the kids and grandkids. This was my first Mother's Day with all three kids in 14 years. It was great.