After 67 days in the NICU, Oaklynn is home!! We came home on on Tuesday and have been enjoying being together as a family of 4. Brantley was excited to finally meet his little sister! He is an amazing big brother and loves being a helper! Oaklynn has been thriving since being home. We are so very blessed. 💕
A few pictures since being home. Oaklynn is slowly meeting family that has been waiting patiently to meet her! ❤️
We will have a busy next few weeks/summer with follow up ROP appointments (eyes) and an MRI of her brain. We also put a referral in for Oaklynn to start receiving early intervention at home. She was seen 1 x a week by both speech (helped Oaklynn learn how to eat) and OT (made sure her head wasn’t getting flat, gave us tools to aid in development and did exercises with Oaklynn)
We have felt an overwhelming amount of love and support throughout this journey. We hope you all know how very thankful we are. We appreciate each and every prayer, message with encouragement and kind words, donations and gift baskets!
A list of things Oaklynn and I have overcome is the last 67 days:
4 Brain Scans
-level II brain bleed in the left ventricle
-mild PVL
3 ROP exams
-immature vessels
1 Blood Transfusion
-low hemoglobin (anemia of prematurity)
4 rounds of antibiotics
-bacteria infection on her skin
-infection in her right eye (I can’t remember what it was called)
-unknown infection somewhere
-precautionary round right after birth
Cpap-High & Flow Oxygen-21% up to 28% (occasionally after eye tests)
to help Oaklynn learn how to breathe on her own (apnea of prematurity)
Caffeine
-to help with apnea and bradycardia
Billi Lights for 3 days
-high bilirubin after birth
Art and CVL line insertions
(IV’s through her umbilical cord/belly buttons)
Probiotic Trial (to help prevent NEC) she either received probiotics or the placebo. 50/50 chance of either
Me:
IV site infection-my arm was the same circumference as Oaklynn’s head at one point
2 rounds of Kidney Stones 2 weeks apart.
💕The Notch Family
