Update

Sorry it has taken me so long.  We have had some internet difficulties so finally here are some pictures for you to see of you  beautiful new baby.  We had to take her back to the hospital because she got a lump under her eye.  We took her to one doctor and he put her on an oral antibiotic and ordered blood tests.  A neighbor brought us dinner that night and told us her pediatrician was really good so I called and took Alli to see him that night.  He told me that she had dactocystitis (Bryan don't laugh at the spelling) or an infected cyst under her tear duct and, she needed to be in the hospital on iv antibiotics so we took her over.  It took them four tries to get the iv in because they kept going through the veins.  They gave her the first dose of the antibiotics and that blew the vein so they took the iv out.  This gave her a silver dollar sized lump where the fluid was going into her head.  They put a new iv in the next morning which took them another four tries so we figured in twenty four hours she was poked over 10 times.  They tried in the arm she hadn't given blood in, both hands, both feet (one foot twice), and three times in her head.  Poor thing- what a welcome to the world!  Luckily the cyst burst on its own Saturday morning and the infection drained so they didn't have to do surgery to rupture it. Then next day the doctors figured out what the infection was from a culture they had taken.  The infection was caused by MRSA which is a strand of staff infection resistant to antibiotics.  That was a really stressful day because they put a sign on her door saying she was very contagious so any nurses coming in had to wear hazard suits, masks, and gloves!! I think watching my brand new baby hooked up to an iv is probably the hardest thing I have ever done.  The doctors were thinking that she would need a PIC line in which is a more permanent iv that she could keep in longer.  We would be able to bring her home and still get the antibiotics. I just wanted to be able to bring her home without any attachments.   It was so hard to not be able to just hold her without worrying about pulling cords or to change her diaper and have to tuck cords in!  There were so many good things that happened through this time though and we feel so blessed that we saw the second doctor when we did or it would have been much worse.  Monday we were able to bring her home and she just got a shot and some eye drops.  We feel like there were so many miracles that happened because of so many people praying.  Cysts normally don't burst on their own and MRSA is a very serious infection that kills almost 20,000 people each year and they are not just babies.  Anyway, so thank you to all of our family who were so helpful and supportive throughout this whole time.  Thank you for your love and concern and especially your prayers!  Since we have brought her home she has been very healthy and just keeps eating and growing.  She is starting to smile a lot more now so hopefully we can post some smiling pictures soon.