Our First Two Weeks at Home

Jenna was released from the hospital the morning after I posted the news of her arrival...Sunday, September 19th.  The first two weeks at home have gone pretty well.  Of course, there have been a few exceptions, but for the most part Jenna sleeps for 3-5 hour increments, and is generally only up once during the night and then again in the early morning hours.  If we could get her to go to bed before 1:30 a.m., things would be even better!!  She hates having her diaper changes...or even opened...and has learned to use her bladder as a weapon every time the diaper is opened.  :-)


She is eating well, and weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz at her 2 week check-up.  Her bilirubin levels are now back down in a normal range and her color is now pink instead of orange.  Initially, we had to go for daily heel sticks, and we had a light blanket to use with her at home to continue to bring her bilirubin down.  We were able to stop heel sticks within a week of coming home and we are no longer using the light blanket. 

The dogs and cats have adjusted very well, and she doesn't seem to mind them, either.  She has had lots of visitors and been out to meet lots of people.  She went with us yesterday to the memorial service for Jeff's sister-in-law, and she was snatched away from us at the first opportunity and basically not returned until it was time to leave. 

Aside from all of this, the last two weeks have been relatively unremarkable.  Below are a few pictures and a video clip.  I wasn't planning to post videos, but they are too big to email to my sister, so I figured that putting them here was the next best option....

Notice the orange raccoon eyes from the mask that she had to wear under the bili-lights.

Still sporting the raccoon look after we got home.

Getting ready for the Share and Remembrance Walk for Gracie on September 25th.  Raccoon look pretty much gone at this point.