The doctors said they saw no reason to send her back to St. Joseph’s. They thought Karly was ready to go home. The problem was that Dave and I weren’t ready for Karly to go home! We looked at each other with fear in our eyes like we had never taken a baby home before. What if she didn’t eat well, what if she had an apnea spell, what if she didn’t gain weight? We were so nervous but the nurses reassured us that she would be fine and that preemies thrive once they go home.
So that was that. After some paperwork and teaching we were on our way home with our 14 day old baby who was weighing in at her birth weight of 5 pounds, 2 ounces. She was so tiny still.
Everyone was excited for Karly to be home!
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