A hard week and a pretty dress

Addie has had a rough week. Last Friday night she was admitted to hospital for having 'coffee grind' spit up. After staying over night in hospital and having a lot of blood tests and examinations, Addie was allowed to return home on Saturday. The blood tests came back fine and the overall conclusion was inconclusive. We were told to return if she had any more dark spit up. Thankfully we have not had any similar spit up.

Unfortunately, that was not all the drama of the week. The midwife came on Tuesday and weighed Addie. We were upset to find out that she had lost a pound since she was born which was enough for the midwife to send us back to the hospital to be examined. The doctors again were brilliant. They sent us home with an intense feeding schedule and told us to return to the hospital on Friday to be be weighed again. Mommy and Addie took the schedule very seriously and were very tired at the end of the three days.

We are happy to report that our hard work was rewarded - God answered lots of prayers - when we were told that Addie had gained TWICE as much as they had wanted in the three days. We were very relieved. We were also told that we could resume a normal feeding schedule since Adelaide is now on the right trajectory. God-willing she will continue gaining and that we will be able to laugh about this in the future. When we heard that she gained a half pound in three days we were reassured that she was indeed our daughter! :)

In anticipation of her hospital visit today, we decided to 'dress' Addie up in her first dress (a gift from Aunt Love and Uncle Matt). Here is our half-pound heavier daughter.