The following are letters to my daughter, Ellie, who was born premature, 4 months too early. They document her many months stay in the NICU, her trials, and the emotional struggles of her mother and I.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
The Curse Must be Broken
Dear Ellie,
The weekend curse will be broken, even if I have to stay up all night. I was tired by 5 o'clock today, but I'm prepared to do battle with all manner of fatigue and delirium. To this purpose, I've armed myself with an energy drink so dangerously caffeinated that your mother and I have only ever reserved it for the midnight release of highly anticipated video games. Someday, I hope my body will forgive me.
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It will Dana, it will. Weekend curses are a fact of life...hang in there!
ReplyDeleteShe had a Bradycardia a minute ago and it scared us half to death! Her heartrate dropped from 180 to 60 and we thought immediately: "Weekend curse strikes!"
ReplyDeleteFortunately, it passed quite quickly before her oxygen saturation could fall very fall. Three hours to go.