Eating and Wearing Clothes...

Lucille had her first feeding today, all went well. she will eat every 3 hours as long as her body handles it well... We are so Excited! She also had her heater turned off and is wearing clothes! Her nurse, Andy, made her a special hat today with a hole in it for her IV. It is so freakin' cute. We've yet to see if she can keep her temp up, but we'll check her in a few hours... She is definitely becoming more and more alert. Still no hearing or vision test... maybe in the morning. Here's a picture of her in her clothes...

Lucille Photos

I just realized that I've yet to formally introduce the newest member of the family...

Evelyn Lucille Conner

January 16, 2009

7lbs 6oz

12:33 am

There, that feels much better.

These are the most recent pics from today.

Lucille Update

Let's see.. Lucille continues to get stronger and she seems to be moving in the right direction. The doctor didn't see anything abnormal on her EEG and she had an MRI today which we will talk to him about in the morning.

Her nasal cannula is out (yeah!) so she is breathing on her own without the help of any extra oxygen. Her little face is even more beautiful now that it is completely free of tubes and tape... I'll post photos tomorrow.

The platelet transfusion went well, they will continue to monitor her to see if her levels continue to go up...

She is peeing like a champ, still with the help of some meds, but peeing nonetheless...

Monday night we had our first "Kangaroo Care" time, laying together belly to belly, skin to skin... She snuggled in and slept soundly for almost 3 hours. I woke up and did it for another 2 hours this morning.

She is beginning to root around and show signs of hunger, which is the next big step. Once we get her eating we will feel a lot better.

Casey and I are doing well and getting used to the routine of life in the nicu. We left the hospital today and went home to have dinner with the girls and put them to bed. This was the first time I had left the hospital since Thursday morning when I came for my induction. It was terribly difficult to leave Lucille here, but I knew she was in great hands, and that our big girls were really needing us. It was a great night, and being with the girls really gave me a renewed strength that I desperately needed.

Thanks again to everyone for their thoughts and prayers and sweet emails, texts, facebook messages, etc... We love and appreciate all of the support, and we're sorry that we don't always have the time to respond...

Keep you posted..

Evelyn "Lucille" Conner

Our third precious girl, Lucille, came into the world on Friday morning (12:33 am) after a long and difficult delivery. At birth she was not breathing or responding and her pulse was very weak. She was immediately rushed to the nicu, where she finally regained conciousness and was put on a ventilator. She has since been taken off the ventilator and is breathing on her own.

At some point she was deprived of oxygen. We aren't sure when or for how long, therefore we have no idea how severe the damage may be to her brain and other organs. This may have occured during pregnancy or during labor and delivery. She will have to remain in the nicu for some time to monitor brain activity and organ function. Each day she is a little bit better, yesterday she peed which showed us that her kidneys are slowly starting to come around. Today her platelet count is low, so she will have a blood transfusion this afternoon. She had an EEG on her brain this morning, and we are waitng to speak with the nuerologists about those results. She will have an MRI on Friday. At this point this is all we really know.

She looks EXACTLY like Violet, and we can already tell that she is stubborn and headstrong like Eleanor. We usually get to hold her about once or twice a day, and she is absolutely amazing. From the outside she is completely perfect and we are so proud of her and thrilled that she is here with us.

Obviously this has all been very difficult, but we are hopeful that sweet little Lucille will recover and be able to come home soon. Please keep her in your prayers, as well as Eleanor and Violet.


Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!

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We're Back! Christmas 2008

Hello there. So, I've been super slack about the blog for a few reasons. I can't stand sitting at the computer for too long after being at work, yada yada yada... Casey got me a laptop for Christmas this year, so right now I am comfortably curled up on the couch while updating the blog. Hopefully this will help me get back on the bandwagon, we'll see. So, here are some photos of Christmas...It's been a great day so far. Hope all are well, Merry Christmas. We'll keep you posted on the babe.. 2 more weeks to go and feeling great!

Super heroes at my house...

GUESS WHO WE SAW TODAY?