Meredith and her Mom finally came home this morning. Everyone is happy to be here. The pediatricians kept Meredith in the hospital for an extra day as a precaution against Strep B - long story but basically a lot of precaution. Meredith is fine and so is Gwen. I went in to the hospital this morning around 7AM to make sure I'd be able to speak with the pediatrician along with Gwen, and we didn't get her released until around 10:20. What a pain. Things in the hospital were grinding very slowly and Gwen and I were frustrated by the end. It probably didn't help that there were 13 babies born in the ward in the last 24 hrs., including some twins. I think the staff and doctors had their hands full. I guess because of all of the babies, they made Gwen and Meredith change hospital rooms last night, and she got moved a ways down the hall. She had a really great view from the new room. Our hospital is on top of a big hill with a panoramic view of the valley and Mt. Nittany. A lot of the land surrounding the hospital is Penn State Ag. land. Out of Gwen's windows we could see beef cattle grazing, which was neat. While we were watching, we saw some cattle hanky-panky. Don't they usually keep bulls and cows separate? In the morning we noticed there were calves there too. How shocking in front of the calves..
Gwen's upstairs taking a nap (for real). Jeffrey is up in his crib taking "a nap", which these days means messing around in his crib singing songs and throwing things around. Meredith is peacefully sleeping downstairs. The picture on top of this post shows her sleeping in our downstairs bassinet (which used to be Jeffrey's). She's doing great and eating a bunch. When she was discharged, she had only lost 5 1/2 Oz. relative to her birth weight, which is good. (All newborns lose weight in the first few days as their feeding comes online and they burn through stored energy).
hope everyone's well - mike
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