I was discharged from the hospital tonight. I cannot say enough how grateful I am for Dr. Castilla, all the doctors who are taking care of Tatum and for all the nurses who took care of me and who are still taking care of Tatum. They have all been absolutely amazing with me and took great care of me physically and emotionally. I have been an absolute wreck emotionally since I have been here but the worst day has got to be today. I was dreading leaving all day because I had to leave without my baby girl….without my Tatum Elizabeth. It is the most awful thing in the world to have to leave your baby at the hospital after having her and go home without her. I cried saying goodbye to her even though I knew that I would be back in the morning. It's just such an unnatural thing to have a baby and then leave without her. I cried the whole way down to my car and the whole way home. I felt really sorry for the poor aide who had to wheel me out of the hospital and listen to me cry and carry on about it not being right to have to leave your baby.
On a brighter note, Rich went home last night and brought back a blanket that we received for Tatum and we are wrapping her up in it so that we can bring her smell back home to the dogs. She looked so cute wrapped up in her pink and brown blanket. :) We also got to give Tatum her first bath ever! That was so sweet and so fun. After the bath we took her footprints and handprints for her baby book and they also gave us another copy. Her feet and hands are just so tiny!! She also got to put on her first outfit ever. It was super cute and pink of course. She looks so cute and so tiny in clothes. It's a preemie outfit and still so big on her. One of our favorite nurses, Lori, made Tatum a cute little sign with her name on it for her area. It was so sweet and so thoughtful. Tatum is getting stronger every day. She tolerates more food through bottles every day too. We are hoping she can get off oxygen really soon.
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