We're Home....

McKenna was discharged from the hospital this morning!!! Hooray!!! We are home!!!

Unfortunately I still have a sick little girl. She is not out of the woods yet, but the doctor let us go home basically because I can do everything at home that they were doing for her in the hospital. McKenna's fever broke and she actually didn't even have one as of two hours ago. McKenna did throw up at the hospital right after I signed the discharge papers, but they let us go anyway. I have a lot of monitoring to do and at this point McKenna won't nurse (probably because she can't breathe through her nose) so we have to force bottle feed her, which is very time consuming.

Ryan and Christian are still quite sick. Ryan especially has a terrible cough, so we are going to attempt to keep McKenna away from the boys (although that's not working because even as I'm writing this Ryan is changing McKenna's diaper). Christian just has a runny nose. Christian really missed his mommy and is sitting on my lap right now and I have a feeling he'll be clinging to me all day. When I got home I asked Christian if he had been a good boy for daddy. Christian said, "No. I'm not a boy, I'm a baby." Here we go, the jealousy has set in.

So many answered prayers over the last month:
1. The daycare situation has worked out for my niece and nephew; Abby and Nate. They were in daycare full time this past week and they both did great! They even napped there. Who would have thought that daycare would be a healthier place for them than my house!?
2. Remember how McKenna wasn't in the correct position before she was born? Well, she got herself turned around just before I gave birth to her!
3. I may have gotten the flu, but I also got over it in 3 days and it normally lasts about a week! God knew I needed to get better so I could take care of my kiddos.
4. McKenna didn't need any medical interventions while we were in the hospital; no Iv, no meds, no breathing treaments or oxygen!!
5. I actually got some sleep while we were at the hospital last night.
6. McKenna has maintained her weight through this illness. Now she just needs to start gaining a little.

Thanks for thinking of us and praying for us over the last few days. The flu in a baby as young as McKenna can be extremely dangerous, if not deadly, so we are thrilled that she's home and doing so well. God is so good!!