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not how you want to see your baby. So we were discharged from Asheville on Thursday - we went to Greenville to get the kids and stay a day. We ended up staying for a few days because Zoe ended up with a stomach bug. Lovely. We think it was the same thing Adia had a week or so back but don't know why it took so long. To make it worse, our aunt Kelli came from Rock Hill to watch the kids one day and ended up with the bug as well. A 1000 apologies Kelli! But it passed quickly and we were all set to go home on Sunday. Kathy was coming as well to stay for a week so we all caravaned to Boone around mid-day wary of an ice storm that slicked roads that morning. Around Blowing Rock, Ash notices that Esme looked a bit more yellow so she called our doctor in Boone. We didn't get a call back until 10 minutes after we got home. But in that time, Susan and Bobbi from our church (
High Country United Church of Christ) came by and dropped off a wonderful dinner - not only do they have amazing daughters (due to incredible science teaching, no doubt), but they are incredibly thoughtful. (later, completely by chance, another member brought us a baby blanket - really wonderful community) So anyway, we had to turn around and head to Watauga Medical Center to get Esme's bilirubin checked. I brought our suitcase back to the car and off we went. We didn't quite realize that it would be 2 more days until we could enjoy the dinner. Her bilirubin was 18+ and so we had to put her under the lights and take her out only to feed. By the next morning it was down to the 16 range and 14 something by that night. The lights were turned off to see what it would rebound to the next morning and it stayed in the 14 range. So all was well and we were released midday. Had the wonderful drama of the Obama inauguration not been going on, all that hospital TV watching would have been difficult. Needless to say we were grateful to get home and have the prospect of finally sleeping... and in our own bed. We did get some good sledding in however (one video is of Zoe and Adia with Debbie in the background and the other is of Zoe... I mean a Triceratops plowing through a Cretaceous snowstorm) At least Esme's golden touch is still working - we just found out that there will be a snow day tomorrow too! Zoe and I are going to go skiing.
This is not how you want to see your baby. So we were discharged from Asheville on Thursday - we went to Greenville to get the kids and stay a day. We ended up staying for a few days because Zoe ended up with a stomach bug. Lovely. We think it was the same thing Adia had a week or so back but don't know why it took so long. To make it worse, our aunt Kelli came from Rock Hill to watch the kids one day and ended up with the bug as well. A 1000 apologies Kelli! But it passed quickly and we were all set to go home on Sunday. Kathy was coming as well to stay for a week so we all caravaned to Boone around mid-day wary of an ice storm that slicked roads that morning. Around Blowing Rock, Ash notices that Esme looked a bit more yellow so she called our doctor in Boone. We didn't get a call back until 10 minutes after we got home. But in that time, Susan and Bobbi from our church (High Country United Church of Christ) came by and dropped off a wonderful dinner - not only do they have amazing daughters (due to incredible science teaching, no doubt), but they are incredibly thoughtful. (later, completely by chance, another member brought us a baby blanket - really wonderful community) So anyway, we had to turn around and head to Watauga Medical Center to get Esme's bilirubin checked. I brought our suitcase back to the car and off we went. We didn't quite realize that it would be 2 more days until we could enjoy the dinner. Her bilirubin was 18+ and so we had to put her under the lights and take her out only to feed. By the next morning it was down to the 16 range and 14 something by that night. The lights were turned off to see what it would rebound to the next morning and it stayed in the 14 range. So all was well and we were released midday. Had the wonderful drama of the Obama inauguration not been going on, all that hospital TV watching would have been difficult. Needless to say we were grateful to get home and have the prospect of finally sleeping... and in our own bed. We did get some good sledding in however (one video is of Zoe and Adia with Debbie in the background and the other is of Zoe... I mean a Triceratops plowing through a Cretaceous snowstorm) At least Esme's golden touch is still working - we just found out that there will be a snow day tomorrow too! Zoe and I are going to go skiing. 