Gabriellah June

Gabriellah June Rigsby

Gabby's room had just been finished when she decided to make her entrance at 35 weeks. Weighing 5 pounds 3 ounces and 19 1/4 inches long. 

Just a few days earlier the doctor had given me a shot to stop labor and she held out for 3 days.  Although, she came out screaming and crying she used up all her serpentine in the lungs that allows air threw to separate the lungs to breathe.  She had to be put under a oxygen hood for almost 5 days and eventually had an iv in her head( they couldn't get it in her little arms.) Then to add to the fun she had a jaundice blanket and some really fun sun glasses, due to jaundice levels way to high. 

Little miss had to stay in the nursery the entire week so Mom and Dad didn't even get to hold her the first few days. We tired skin to skin and Gabby liked it, but her lungs did not, so she had to be handled very little. A few days in we got to start feeding her , but still had to visit the nursery to see her. Friday Jon came in with this little bundle and I asked " does she get to stay just a little while." We found out her oxygen levels had been normal without the IV all Thursday night. We were very excited to have little bit right next to us. She definatley came leaps and bounds that week, nurses said that they have seen babies not even make it this far in one week. Even though it was a very very long week waiting for our new little bundle, she developed those little lungs and was healthy! So, we got to go home Sunday!

 Going home.