Easter 2012 for the Whole Family!!

We were so happy and felt so blessed to all be together for Easter.  We are so grateful to have Bethany home and so grateful for all of your thoughts and prayers!!

Coloring Eggs!

Baskets!

It's a Easter Miracle!!

The First Family Photo!

Homecoming!!

Brady and I made the trek to Spokane one last time!! We took a couple of cakes with us to Celebrate!!
It took awhile to discharge Bethany.  There were many instructions, also many hugs and well wishes!!  Here are some of the wonderful people that took care of Bethany and also looked out for the rest of us.

My mom and the boys had the house decked out when we came home!! It was so fun!

It was a challenge at first to figure out Bethany's feeding tube.  But, we soon caught on and things smoothed out.  Here are our first moments home. . .

Last day at the Hospital

Bethany and I spent the afternoon together in a room at the hospital. They call it "rooming in". I was able to take care of her by myself, but with help nearby. We had a great time! They even gave me a complimentary pizza for lunch!

Introducing. . . .

Princess Bethany on her throne! 

The nurses set her up in a bumbo seat and took her picture.

 It totally made our day!

A Hood Ornament!

Monday the 19th, I went back up to Spokane to spend the day with Bethany.  I was dissapointed to see that they had to move her IV to the top of her head!  Now she looks like a Unicorn!  At least they didn't shave her head again!!  She was in pain still, so they gave her some morephine. It was kinda a crappy recovery day.  But, before I left to go home, she gave me a couple of good smiles!

Here she is..... finally in a big crib.

Post Surgery

NO Tubes!!! NO Tape!!!

On Sunday, we all went to see Bethany. She looked so Beautiful with nothing on her face or head!!

We just gazed at her all afternoon.  She was pretty tired still. My mom and Josh were able to see her.

Her hair was coming in and looking good after her horrible NICU haircut!

 (Sorry, a little out of focus!)

Surgery Day

Bethany has had many nurses.  They all have loved to take care of her.  There are a few of them that have formed somewhat of an attachment to her.  On surgery day, a couple of them were fighting for the opportunity to take her to surgery.  One of them conceded, but she came back the next couple of days to be with her.  We are so grateful for the loving care that Bethany has received.
After I talked with the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, and the assisting nurse, I was fixing Bethany's blanket and noticed her hand was laying on her chest and flipping the bird!!!  As if to say,"This surgery is my ticket out of here! Get me into surgery so I can go home! So long Hospital!"
The nurse said that when they took her back, she was eyeing the anesthesiologist with her "Big" eyes!  The anesthesiologist was astonished and didn't want to start on her until her eyes were closed!  The surgery went well, and Bethany did fine.  They wheeled her back into the room where I was able to see her. 

She needed to be hooked up to the ventilator again.  It had to stay in for a couple of days. It was so sad to see her in that kind of bed again and all hooked up and drugged up. The G tube is the blue nob thing by her belly button. She was a trooper and was trying to look at me when she heard my voice.  I soon went home so she could  rest.