HOME!!

I am so happy....we are HOME!!! Alyvia finished her antibiotics yesterday and the doctors approved her to come home!! The only way we could come home was to have oxygen for Alyvia and a monitor/alarm system (pulse oximeter)to monitor her breathing when she is sleeping. It's kind of a pain, but worth it to be home! Alyvia was asleep when we got here, but when she woke up she smiled so big and said HOME!! It is sooo great to finally be here!
The nurses had a little going away party for Alyvia, with chocolate cake and everything. We are going to miss our nurses...they were awesome. After almost 3 months of being at the hospital you would think I would be running out of there, but it was actually kind of sad saying good bye to everyone. We met so many amazing people. Livie had some great doctors, especially her neurosurgeon Dr. Kestle, he was so optimistic through all of this. Then the nurses...they are amazing at what they do, they took such great care of Alyvia. We are really going to miss them.

We are also going to miss the other awesome families we met at the hospital. I can't even describe to you the bond that we had with each other. We laughed and cried together. They were an awesome support to us.

We are home, but unfortunately we can't go out. Livie can't leave at all. (She is pretty much still on isolation!!) She is still contagious, but more importantly her lungs are really weak right now. Her immune system is down (if it even exists anymore! lol) She is weak and really prone to getting a bug or virus, which could be life threatening to her. Sadly, we are going to miss all the Christmas festivities and parties. ): But I gues it'll be okay because I have my baby home!!