Yay!

My friend's baby was released from the hospital today and they are back home. She reports that her little girl looks serious and is not yet smiling again and can't be around other people for 2 weeks, but she is home with her family and that is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

Sick Baby Update

My friend's baby is expected to be in the PICU for 3-4 more days and it's been kinda touch and go (she has a central line, they've planned on intubating, then backed off b/c she did better, keeping her sedated, etc...), but she is doing better. She is still really sick, but able to cough now and get some of that junk out. Poor baby :-( :-(

In happier news, another friend had a big box of fabric that she decided she wasn't going to use, so she gave it to me to go through and take out what I want then pass onto to other sewing mommas. There was some really great stuff in there! I got lots of things I liked (cool prints, quilt blocks, fleece) and there's still lots and lots for other people. Free fabric makes me happy :-)

Scary day for a friend

A friend of mine has been in the hospital all day with her 8 month old baby. According to the updates other people have been posting on the local mom's board, she was on the phone with the on call pediatrician all night because baby was having trouble breathing, very snotty, etc...Went to the pedi this morning and was immediately sent to the hospital. Hospital diagnosed croup and did four breathing treatments, but nothing was helping, so they flew the baby to a bigger hospital (in Temple). Mom went with her, dad had to drive. Apparently it is a very bad case of croup, but baby is fighting the breathing treatments and they aren't working as well as they should. They even talked about tracheotomy at some point :-( :-( :-( Please pray, light a candle, send healing thoughts or whatever it is you do. It breaks my heart to think of this sweet baby struggling to breathe and the worry her parents must be feeling.

Naps are Good!!

My great sleeper won't nap!! Sedona has been up for over 6 hours now. For the childless--newborns wake often, but they don't stay up for six hours at a stretch! I'm very very thankful she's not screaming (Like Sierra so often did in this situation), but she looks SOOOOOOOOO sleepy and wants to be held...for 6 hours. I'm hungry. Thankfully I have a 3 year old refusing to do what I ask to remind me how sweet babies are and that it's not the end of the world to cuddle with one for 6 hours.