Day 47- Piece of Cake

Rowan slept from 7pm to 5am. She woke up, had some food, and went back to sleep until 8:30. WoooHooo! If only I didn't have to wake up and fill that tube feeding bag with formula....
It was still a great night:)

Maybe she is adjusting to our schedule here at home. Because her PICC line was removed, we have started to take baths again at night before bed. For the first few Ro acted like we were putting her in a tub of acid--- but now she remembers how much she enjoys bath time.

Chance was off of work today so we were able to enjoy breakfast together. Real eggs. Yum.
Breakfast was the worst meal in the hospital. I usually like something small or light, and it always seemed like breakfast was heavy, greasy, or just gross.

Rowan jumped in the exer-saucer alllll morning. I don't know what we would do without it! Seriously.

Today was my mom's birthday and we went out to eat to celebrate. This was the first time we have taken Ro out to a restaurant since we have been home.

She had a Great time. This is new, because she usually was never very easy to take out... always crying and fussing...
Tonight she sampled some bread, icing, and vanilla ice cream. I think the ice cream was her favorite.

We did get quite a few stares being a busy Saturday night. A tube and tape plastered all over your face is not really ordinary. I wanted to have a sign that read, "I had a liver transplant."

Speaking of food...
Rowan is eating 12-18 ounces of milk throughout the day. This is on top of her getting a little over an ounce an hour through the tube. The team in Houston is very concerned with nutrition and gaining weight, so hopefully we can blow them away at our next weight check on the 24th.
In the meantime- I hate that tube because it is so cumbersome to lug around all day, but it sure is my best friend come medicine time :)

It's funny how a normal day can seem so extraordinarily wonderful! With Rowan being our first child, we didn't know that the first 6 months of her life were really, really hard. (compared to what we would assume was normal) Our normal consisted of drs appointments, tons of lab work, screaming and fussing all the time, and no sleep. With this new liver, Rowan has really transformed into another child. She is So much easier to take care of now. (being a nurse helps with all of those medications). But life seems so much happier these days. Chance and I must have also been experiencing so much stress that it weighed us down.

We are so thankful for our joyful little girl and for her angel donor!