Day Two of Life

That's kind of a wierd title for a post, I think. I went on a hike to the Red Cliffs area neer Leeds yesterday morning and as I sat perched on the top of a red cliff (hence the name, I suppose) I thought about how the baby was officially one day old at that time. Then the thought occurred to me, "That was only one day ago!?! That seems like it was an eternity ago!"

Around 1:30 P.M. yesterday afternoon (Saturday April, 14) we got to see and hold little Ava once again. Randee is doing well and seems happy and content with the whole situation. Her family also seems to be in the same state of mind. Ava was fed for the first time yesterday, and from what we understand from the nurses she is basically eating like a horse. One nurse told us that was a good measuring stick on how healthy she was. Things like that are always good to hear.

Ava wouldn't stir much as we held her. She opened her eyes for a few fleeting seconds yawned quite a bit. She was even more beautiful, however. Her lips, especially, had gained more red to them. She is battling an infection though. We were informed yesterday that our stay in St. George will be a bit longer than we had thought. They would like to keep her in the NICU for a few more days to make sure the anti-biotic does its thing and also to allow for time to get a culture sample back to figure out exactly what it is that she has. We are told all of this is precautionary in that she is healthy. They just want to know what it was that she had and want to make sure it goes away before they let her go.

Enjoy some more pictures- we will keep posting daily to let everybody know how things are going.

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This is Ava's first bottle. As you can see, she downed most of it.

A very special group of women.