Happy Birthday Adalynne Dior!!

Well, she is here!!!! She is absolutely amazing. I am so in love. It all started on Monday. I woke up with a "hangover" headache and I was seeing glitter in the air and I knew my blood pressure was high. I was not feeling well, so after I got the boys off to work and school, I went back to bed. I kept trying to get up to do laundry, pick up the house and bathe Chloe. I had a lot to do around the house but I could not find the energy to do so. I finally got out of bed around noon and I still was not feeling well. I decided to check my blood pressure at Publix and it was high. I picked Harrison up at school, met Ryan back at the house and we were off to see my doctor. I had gained five pounds in less than a week, my lips looked like I had collagen injections, my blood pressure was high, and I looked like the stuffed Italian sausage I had eaten for dinner the night before. I was not a pretty sight. Long story longer, I was preeclamptic and needed to be induced. We were ready! I was excited about meeting Adalynne but I was scared because I knew I was sick.

She was born shortly after 11PM with a room full of people who love her. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep was present along with our lovely priest and supportive family. It was a very easy labor. However, Adalynne did scare us. Her first APGAR score was 2 and without any medical intervention, her second APGAR score was 7! She was rocking and rolling!

Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with a condition called HELLP Syndrome, so I will be in the hospital longer than I had hoped. But, in one hour and four minutes, I get to finally eat the sushi I have denied myself for the last nine months. Excited? YES!!!!!!

Everything is going wonderful with Miss Adalynne. She is so tiny and so beautiful. I am head over heels in love with this three pound, almost four, miracle. We met with our hospice doctor today, who evaluated Adalynne and said she was ready to go home and looked great. She was going to be able to come HOME and we were looking at spending possibly two weeks with her!!!! I was elated. Since we did not plan on Adalynne coming home, we did not buy a carseat, clothes, etc. Instantly, I started saying, "we get to take her to church, and basketball games and she gets to come home." What a miracle, once again. With progress comes setbacks, with success there is failure, and with love there is loss. Adalynne was doing great; WONDERFUL. Then Adalynne started having seizures. She is having them a lot. It is very scary to watch and there is nothing we can do to help her. She turns blue, like in Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory blue. You know, where the little girl turns blue after eating the gum she was not supposed to eat? We are taking the time we have with Adalynne minute by minute and enjoying and embracing every breath she takes. We don't know what today will bring but we are ready to embrace it. She may or may not come home, but regardless, it has been a wonderful journey and I truly feel blessed to have been chosen to be her mom. Now, if I could only hold her, there is so much competition:)

I just want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts. Our family could not have done it without the love and support from so many people. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers and especially our little fighter!!! God Bless!!