Though my head is swimming with thoughts of platelets, I wanted to take a break from bloodwork and counts and make some other, more fun observations on Avery’s first few days. Like Zoe, she is proving to be an extremely mellow newborn; I joked to Q that I’ve never seen a baby who likes to sleep so much. It’s only been three days, I know, but 95% of her time is spent snoozing or snacking – and she often falls asleep while eating, something Zoe never really did. She’s also been pretty easy to soothe when upset (so far), and she very obviously likes to cuddle. (Zoe, on the other hand, was pretty independent right from the start. She liked being held but was just as content hanging out in her bassinet at the hospital.) Avery also makes lots of little noises (coos, squeals and other girlie-sounding cries); based on this and her overall temperament thusfar, I’m going to venture a guess that she’s going to be quite the cuddly girlie-girl. I could be wrong, of course, but it’s just the early vibe I’m getting…

Q has had to run home several times these past few days, and I’ve got to spend numerous one-on-one hours with Avery. It’s been so nice just holding, watching and getting to know her – and at this point, any concerns of not bonding with her, or not loving her as much as Zoe, are long gone!

-M

As mentioned before the plan is to wait on Avery’s platelets before going home. The Doctor let us know that if the counts are over 50K two draws in a row, we’d be good to go. However, if they ever get 25K or under we’d do the same procedure that Zoe had. Avery, since her second draw, has been consistently between 34K and 40K, so we are in a waiting game at this point. They are still waiting every 8 hours for the next draw to see what direction they naturally will take and we are waiting anxiously to find out. The good news is that Avery is in otherwise perfect health and she is eating well. Mom and Dad are a bit tired, but are optimistic we’ll be taking her home soon.

While we wait, we thought we’d post some more pictures…

Jon Q