A month or so ago I was able to visit a very special family, at the NICU at Utah Valley Hospital. I was asked by their cousin as a gift to go and handprint their son Graydon - who at birth weighed a little over 2 pounds - WOW. Now he is a little over 5 pounds. He is so cute and sweet. I could have held him all night.
It was a little surreal once the doors opened to the NICU - and all at once a flood of memories surfaced. I was there to do handprints - so I kept it together, for the most part. The smell of the soap, the flourescent lights, then incessint beeping of the baby monitors, the friendly and helpful nurses, the rocking chairs, they brought it all back. It seemed like it was just yersterday, not 2 1/2 years ago that I beheld our little Zoe for the very first time.
It was two days after her birth- and as excited as I was to meet her, it took all I had physically just to climb into the wheelchair and take the painful ride up the elevator from the ICU to the NICU - just a couple of floors. It seemed endless to me. It is difficult for me to put into words how I felt when we turned the corner and I caught sight of her. I was overwhelmed with so many emotions - but most of all I think I was just so relieved. Relieved that she was alive - and perfect. Just as Mike had shared with me.
Let's just say I am really glad that my "swelling" went down. Or as Janel says - note to others DO NOT have spleen removed and baby removed on the same day!
It was reported to me that Mike said upon seeing our little one - and reporting on all her stats 3lbs. 4oz, 17 inches long - my little brown trout! 17 inches long for a preemie is quite long...........
