Going to stay at the nicu

Azalea has been steadily doing better each day.  So tonight I am going over to spend the night with her. Previously, I have only spent a couple of hours at a time playing with her and feeding her.  I went to the gas station and got some snacks and vanilla coke so I am ready.  The nurses took Azalea off her picc line and took out her IVs and I'm sure she is happier because they kept my IV in for three days and that thing is irritating. The nurses will be there to help me feed and take care of her, and if she does well, they will discharge her tomorrow.

Brian is coming late at night to bring dinner for me and I'm going to try to take plenty of pictures.  My mom took me to the mall to look at nursing bras and we actually found one that fits sort of.  This old lady that smelled like cigarettes poked me in the belly and told me that I didn't even look pregnant and I was like, AHHHHHHHHH MY STITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!eleven!  So I need to take more painkillers before I leave for the hospital.  I take alternating rounds of motrin and tylenol.  But anyway, I am excited to spend the whole night with my daughter for the first time. Azalea fell asleep in my arms after I gave her a bottle so we got a pic:

Once upon a time

Once upon a time, a sweet little princess was born on August 31st, 2010. I named her Azalea after the prettiest flower. The next day, she was taken from me and sent in an ambulance to a nicu an hour and a half away.  So my husband and I spent the next two weeks in a boarding house for parents of patients and have been visiting her every day. Last Friday, I got to hold her for the first time.

Azalea has been doing much better each day. I even got to nurse her a couple times this week.  We're hoping that she will be discharged from the hospital this week.