She's a fighter

Day 7, November 28, 2008: My parents got into town today and will be staying until Monday night. I took them to see Sophia and they were amazed. They said she looks so much bigger in the pictures. They both got to hold her for a bit. When we got to the hospital she was being pretty fussy. The nurse said she's probably starting to get hungry. They gave her some Ativan (anti-anxiety) medicine to help calm her down because she was getting so upset.

Day 8, November 29, 2008: Sam, my parents, and I went to see Sophia again this morning. The nurse said she was still pretty fussy, but she slept almost the entire time we were there with her. They took the vacuum off her sump and it's just run by gravity now. She will probably get the sump taken out tomorrow and then they'll start her on breast milk shortly after. I'm excited to see her face without any tubes all over it! Her belly needs to get measured every 4 hours or so just to make sure that she doesn't get a lot of stuff building up in her belly now that the vacuum is off the sump. They also inject a little water into her sump to make sure it doesn't get plugged up.
My dad got to see her open her eyes today - she was too sleepy yesterday from the Ativan. I think he was pretty excited about that. He wanted to know if she got my eyes. Her eyes are still blue, but they almond shaped like mine :) Sam's mom went earlier this morning to visit Sophia and brought her a little sleeper to wear since she wet through her diaper onto her onesie. She also went on a mission to find some type of toy to hang on her crib to stimulate Sophia. Sam and I are going to get a little bouncer to bring so the nurses can put her in that when she gets agitated.
Sam and I will go back again tonight by ourselves and we'll get to give her a bath. We tend to go late at night because it's not so crazy then. We love just sitting in the chair and rocking her to sleep. It's so relaxing I could fall right asleep too!