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July 5th, 2005. Published under parents. No Comments.
Elizabeth Maxwell was born on Tuesday, July 5th at 11:47am.
Weight 7lbs. 4.5 oz.
Length 17.7 inches
In the delivery room she came out screaming. The Pediatric Cardiologists checked her out, wrapped her up in blankets and gave her to dad. Shortly after we met her, she was taken to the NICU to be stablized and checked out. About an hour and a half later she was transported to Children’s Hospital. We were over whelmed with excitement. I can remember looking to my left, my eyes barely opened, seeing Daniel’s brown eyes and focusing a little beyond his face was Ella. I actually am a bit dopped up right now, so it’s taking time for me to recall everything that happened. After recovery I was moved up stairs to a room and Ella was getting settled in her new room.
On Wednesday, we went to visit and she was alert and cute. She pooped so her dad could clean her butt for the first time.
Her surgery was supposed to be a week after she was born, but they moved it up to Thursday. We got to see her before her surgery and she was crying and making faces. She was preped for surgery for about an hour, they made the first incision around 4 in the afternoon. By 9pm they called and said she was complete, so we went to see her after surgery. This was the hardest time because she was knocked out and seemed very unstable.
Today, Danielle was discharged from Good Sam. So, we sent most of the day at the hospital with Ella. She was sleeping the whole time, but responsive to touching her feet and legs. Daniel got to see her opened chest and her heart. Her coloring seem good, and her swelling went down some. At one point she opened one of her eyes to see what was going on. There is an array of mechinary and medicines helping her keep stable.
Her spirit seems strong, she is beautiful. We miss her.
We’ll share pictures.
Love, Daniel and Danielle