Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Seeing is Believing
Okay. I will catch up later. too many pictures to go through. I have dozens of pictures from every day of daryl's life so far. some days i only take one or two, like surgery days. luckily there were only three of those. this thursday we will have been in the hospital for ten weeks.Some of you might think that is a long time but it isn't. Little baby Clayton went home friday after over four months of NICU life. our first neighbor and daryl's first bff, Holden went home on September 10th, one day shy of 5 months. Those are the longest stays that we know personally, but there are babies who leave as toddlers, and even babies who don't ever leave. Whenever I feel sorry for myself about spending "so long" in the hospital, I remind myself that our stay may be shorter than many. And just when I think I'm gonna lose it and go nuts, I think of these other parents, who stood up through the same thing, even worse problems, for so much longer than we have, and I realize that we will go home some day. Thanks to all those parents, especially Dolores, who taught us the real meaning of strength, and how to never give up. Seeing you take your baby home gives us so much hope and comfort.
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I remember the 1st day in the NICU, scared, numb, and dazed. There was a lady in our room who was taking her baby home after a few months stay and I thought to myself would I ever make it to that point. It felt so far off, so far away. Luckily with the help of some great people we made out of there almost without a hitch.
ReplyDeleteAs a family we know realize just how precious the little things are. We also realize the strength of other families like yourselves and the Bonomo family. We are hoping for continued succsess for your daughter and remember...... GO ANGELS! Ok Dodgers too.