It seems as though Corinne is going to keep us on our toes...once we got to the hospital after the speedy delivery, we figured the craziness was over and that after a few days to recuperate, we'd be headed home. Unfortunately, Corinne's routine blood work came back showing high white blood cell counts and low platelet levels. She didn't show any signs of being sick, but just to be safe, the neonatologist started her on antibiotics to knock out any infection before it became a big deal. Fortunately, after more tests, they ruled out infection and her white blood cell counts came back to normal. The problem with the platelets remained a mystery, though. Again to be on the safe side, the doctor wanted to transfer her to the NICU at Wolfsons Childrens Hospital for observation. The thought was that she either had a hematology problem (more serious) or that she had a different platelet type than me and my antibodies had crossed the placenta and were destroying her platelets (most likely). If the second scenario were the case, it would resolve itself in a matter of weeks, but they wanted to keep a close eye on her for a few days. The danger of low platelet levels is that she could get a bleed in her brain, but fortunately, her platelet levels were not ever as low as the threshold for serious concern.
While we hated being apart from our girl, everyone at Wolfsons was sympathetic, friendly, and extremely professional. Corinne stayed there from Friday evening until Tuesday afternoon. She continued to act like a perfectly healthy baby and was eating and sleeping like a champ! She even earned the nickname, Chubby, because at 7 pounds she looked huge compared to the premies in the NICU. It was hard being separated from her, especially on Mother's Day, but at the same time, Daniel and I had a peace that she was okay and this was just a precaution, not something to be worried about. We weren't able to stay with her there, so would trek back and forth to the hospital a couple times a day to try to encourage breastfeeding and drop off milk I had pumped - plus get some sweet cuddles from our girl! We were SOOOO happy when we were able to bring her home on Tuesday at 6 days old. At this point, every day at home feels like such a privilege and we are enjoying getting to know our sweet Corinne Nicole!
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| Corinne gave me a sweet Mother's Day gift and stayed awake for a long visit! |
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| People kept calling her a boy, so I got a ginormous hair bow to eliminate the confusion |
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| So thankful she didn't have a lot of tubes and wires and we were able to visit as much as we wanted |
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| Corinne's "room" in NICU |
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| The whole family came to take her home. Josh and Brielle were so excited. (She got to ride through the hospital in a wagon.) |
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| Home sweet home! |
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