A Special Visit

Well on Sunday Addison decided to give us and the nurses in the unit a scare. Mom and dad attended for their daily visit and were told that Addison had had a bad spell early in the morning and did not recover well on her own. Addison stopped breathing all together and the nurses and respiratory therapists had to "bag and mask" Addison with assisted oxygen and almost perform compressions on her to get her to start breathing again. The nurses completed a battery of tests on her including blood work and a chest x-ray, but all of her results came back fine. Addison's chest x-ray revealed that her lungs are still diseased but appear better than the last time they had been viewed. Nurses believed that she had a bad bout of reflux again or some water and just had enough and bottomed out. Addison did not stop there however and kept Nurse Cathy busy by pulling out her feeding NG tube from her nose not once but twice. Her fingers are getting quite diligent at wrapping themselves around her tubes. They will be monitoring her closely and we will have to be very diligent when cuddling her to watch her for further episodes. Poor little monkey!!! Doctors considered putting Addison back on the "rhinoceraus" type ventilation system, but Addison settled out and had a better afternoon so they have left her on her High Flow oxygen for the time being.

Addison has had some great visits with alot of her family and some of mommy and daddy's friends over the last few weeks, but she had a special visit from her second cousin Maria this weekend. Maria is Addison's (middle) namesake and a special person in mommy's life. It was wonderful to see the two together and is obvious that Addison is dearly loved by all of her family and mommy and daddy's friends. We are truly blessed with great family and friends in our lives.Mommy and daddy have had some great cuddles with Addison, and continue to marvel at how she changes and is growing before their eyes everday. She is making new noises and forming a personality before our very eyes. When you touch her little chubby double chin, she actually curls up her mouth and gives you a little smile. Mom and dad are getting a little more comfortable with all of the machinery and equipment that assists Addison and are now able to take Addison out from her isolet and return her on their own now with only minimal assistance. The nurses are wonderful and really teaching mom and dad everything they are going to need to know when they take their little one home. Daddy had another wonderful bath with Addison and weighed her in. She now is a whopping 3lbs and 14oz. Daddy is so good with his little one, and she responds to him like you would expect any little girl to when it is their dad. She looks at him with those big little eyes and cute mouth, which is 100% Daddy's top lip and his heart just melts. It is a picture that I have been waiting to see for 5 long years.