In the Beginning

As you all know, our sweet Elizabeth came into our lives a little earlier than expected and has already had an exciting life so far. It started on Monday, the 20th of July when I started to have contractions in the middle of the night resulting in Justin taking me on an hour's drive to the hospital. We spent the day with our nurse trying to get things under control and felt well enough to go home that evening. 

Middle of the night we once again set out to Safford where we found out I was now dilated and got a one-way helicopter ride to Tucson Medical Center. I have to admit, contractions and uncomfortable gurney aside, it was a pretty cool way to travel, though Justin had to drive himself there. Thankfully he got there half an hour after I did and shortly after, I finally got an epidural and was able to rest for a few hours before our beautiful baby came.

Day three of her life resulted in a diagnosis of atresia which means that a portion of her intestine was dead-ended and needed to be attached to the rest of it. They laid out the different possibilities, told us how the procedure would go, and after much assurance from the nursing staff that these surgeons were amazing, we went forward and she did incredibly well. We are so proud of our little fighter! She is so full of life and spirit, the doctors and nurses just seem amazed by her. On many occasion by several people, they've remarked that she looks like a term baby, just small. 

So with all of the texting, facebooking, and word of mouth going on I wanted to find one place where we could give updates on how she is doing, though we certainly hope we don't have anymore scares. But with the help of this blog, we can keep everyone updated, and I'm sure pictures will still make their way onto Facebook and here from time to time. 
Welcome, to Elizabeth's Journey.