Hello...

Just a little update for today: I had my eyes open for a long time yesterday cuz the nurses lowered my sedating meds. I was looking around and trying to figure out what kind of world I've found myself in! My mommy has a picture of my room and she will post it later. My room is really wierd. Some kind of medical/industrial/contemporary chic look. Really not my taste. I think I would rather see flowers and butterflies and birds and frogs and kitties and stuff. And pink. Lots of pink.

The nurses closed my incubator yesterday cuz my temperature kept going up and down. They had that heat lamp glaring down on me but with a lot of cross-drafts, so I was hot, then cold, hot and then cold. The downside to this, is that the nurses removed my fashionable foot wear to try to keep my temperature regulated. Also, the nurses keep putting this foam bumper-thing around me to keep me "comforted," but it is a little bit annoying because I prefer to stretch my legs completely out. The nurse came in yesterday and found me with my legs hung over the end of the foam bumer and my arms draped out over the bumper. The nurse told my mommy it looked like I was lounging in an innertube floating around in a pool. I wish... I don't even have a bathing suit yet. And the thought of a bikini right now? I don't even have a belly button yet!

I heard the nurse and doctor talking yesterday and they were talking about taking me off the ventilator! Yahoooo! It's not like I can't breathe on my own for heavens sake! OK... I did need a little help there for awhile, but I have built my strength back up, and I'm all for getting rid of that of that loud whooshing machine that's stuck to my face. Yuk.

Another friend came to visit me with her son, Max. She and my mommy went to school together, and her name is Kristie. It is fun meeting all of these new friends.

Although my mommy and daddy, and the rest of my family, knew that I would have to be in the hospital after I was born, it is still very hard for them. My mommy comes in every day to visit with me and hold my hand, and she cries when she has to go home. That makes me very sad.