goodbye hospital!

Dahlia was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.  It would have been sooner but there was a debate about if Dahlia would need to leave with a feeding tube or not.  Luckily Dahlia gained some weight and showed the doctors she could handle a bottle just fine. Since we live more than 1 hour outside of the Houston area we have to stay in the area until 3 months post transplant; one down, two more to go.  Luckily, I grew up in this area and my parents still live here.  So, I will be staying at their house and do not have to rent an apartment or stay at the Ronald McDonald House like many families have to.  Leaving the hospital is both exciting and terrifying at the same time.  No more doctors or nurses to come running if anything goes wrong.  It's all on me now.  If I simply forget to shake her medicine she could end up back in the ICU.  Luckily so far there have been no calls to 911 or trips to the emergency room.  Aside from giving medicine around the clock it has been just your normal baby stuff; eating, playing, lots of smiles, sleeping, dirty diapers.  After almost losing her, normal feels so good!