Mommy Comes Home and Visits Gracie

Today was a big day for everyone. Mommy was released from the hospital at about 10:30 am this morning. We went right over to the Oakland Children's hospital to see Gracie. She was sleeping peacefully and we got to hold her for about an hour. We brought some new milk over and Gracie was moved up to 6 ccs of milk for lunch. Gracie is doing good and gained about 20 grams back of the 80 grams she lost. She had a few "apnea" type incidents over the last day, which was expected, so they have her on caffeine citrate to stimulate her. The nurses told me this may happen until her lungs mature. Hopefully they will stop soon and the focus can be on her growth. Gracie looked great today, less puffy and you could really see her facial features. She has a nice cleft chin. I think she looks a little like Sophia, but I guess we will see more over the coming weeks.