Happy One Week Birthday, Barbara Anne.

What a week it has been. Barbara has been the bravest, cutest, and sweetest one week old that I have ever seen.

Here are the gifts that Barbara Anne gave us for her one week birthday:

  1. She rallied enough to be taken off the ventilator.
  2. She hasn’t needed the pacemaker in over 36 hours.
  3. She threw up for the first time (I’ll give details upon request)
  4. She pooped, while her diaper was off, so I actually saw it. (It was green)
  5. She is sitting on her Mom’s lap for the first time since surgery.

We still have a journey ahead, but in a week of more downs than ups, it is about time to have some promising news. 

 

I’ll leave you with a question that Lucy asked me today: 

Q: What do Barbara Anne Riles and Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common?

A: Dr. Vaughn Starnes conducted open heart surgery on both of them. (It’s true)

However, as Lucy pointed out, The Terminator was in his 40s, and Barbara Anne was only 3 days old. It’s safe to say that our baby girl is tougher than this champion bodybuilder and governor of California!