Our last 12 hours or so in the hospital were pretty uneventful. Luna was a bit fussy, but she ate. We took off Erika’s nausea medication patch off and she promptly got nauseous (go figure).  We were discharged around 2PM and headed home. I have to say that we were so excited to be leaving the hospital. Parents weren’t allowed in the nursery and I’ve gotta be honest, it was driving me absolutely bonkers. I spent so much time working with the doctors and nurses when Mira was born that it was a very frustrating transition to not be able to participate with Luna. Very tough.

Back to the part where we got to go home. We snapped a quick shot of the 3 of us just as we left. And home we went.

Pat, Luna and Erika at the hospital

We arrived home and Erika was feeling tired, so I was able to get the two of them to lay down for a nice nap. I snuck out for a quick run to the grocery store and to pick up Erika’s prescription from the pharmacy before I went to grab Mira. As I’ve said before, all of the Cleveland Clinic’s hospitals are locked down and do not allow kids to visit. We were anxious and excited to have Mira come home and meet Luna. I drove straight to the school and picked up Mira. She was excited to go home and seemed to understand pretty well that Luna would be there. In the door, I grabbed the camera quickly and captured the introduction. Lighting wasn’t great and video is a bit grainy, but you get the idea:

After introductions, Mira actually wanted to have Luna sit on her lap. This is great:

Mira is such a nurturer. Love that little girl. One of the people I work with showed up later, Manju. He’s a very nice guy from India and had been talking about the new baby for months. We snapped a quick shot of Manju and the girls:

Luna, Manju and Mira

Manju left and Erika began to feel a bit sick again so we put Mira to bed and I held Luna while Erika laid down. We took a couple of blood pressure readings and Erika was really high, close to 160/100. Not good, not good at all. We called the doctor on call and she asked us to keep close track and if it hadn’t gone down by the morning to get the office ASAP. Based on Luna’s low weight, the hospital also wanted us to get Luna into the doctor on Friday to make sure that she was gaining weight.

Erika’s blood pressure hadn’t gone down in the morning and so we left Mira with Auntie Z and her cousin Darcy. Erika and I grabbed Luna and headed first to the pediatrician and then to the Erika’s doctor. At the pediatrician, Luna had gained 100 grams since we left the hospital! First good news of the day.

Back to Erika’s OBG office, Dr. Starck was out on Friday. The doctor took one look at Erika and said, “You are going to the hospital. You are at a pretty serious risk for a seizure.” Terrible just terrible. But to make matters worse, the hospital has that policy about children. Which meant that we could not take Luna with us. Just awful. Less than 24 hours out of the hospital and now Erika has to be separated from Luna.

We drove back to the house and got Luna one last feeding, tried to get some milk for her to have and Erika gave her one last kiss. Quite a few tears later, we endured the ten minute drive to the hospital which seemed forever. I can’t imagine many things worse than a mother having to leave her daughter after having been home for only 24 hours. Just terrible.

I’ve gotta cut out as I’m completely exhausted from the recent events since we took Erika to the hospital. But here’s some of the things that happens in the next 36 hours:

• Mira has her Christmas pagent
• I stay up most of the night trying to feed Luna
• Erika is stuck at the hospital sick and just missing the girls terribly
• Mira visits Santa twice
• Erika is reunited with the girls
• I get more tired than I could imagine
• Erika and I have our 7 year wedding anniversary

Talk with you all tomorrow.