I'm Three Months Old!

Kalista is officially THREE months old today!

She has grown into a very cute young lady and when she looks at you, she works her magic charm. She has all the nurses and neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) wrapped around her finger.

This is her "I'm an angel" face

This is her "don't mess with me or my monkey" face

We can't believe how fast she has grown in the past few months, especially her hair. (LOL-It's an inside joke since all the NNPs always comment on how fast her hair has grown since they made the executive decision to shave it all off a while ago).

Jen attended a fun scrapbooking session with other NICU moms the other day. When we got home to place Kalista's pictures into the book, we realized just how far we have come from the day she was born. It hasn't been a picnic the whole way through...but at the end of the day, we foresee a rainbow.

Kalista having a staring contest with her own reflection

Her surgeon, Dr. Saenz, dropped by this morning to see how our little patient was doing and he has given us the green light to proceed with the next step. He was very impressed at how fast the healing process was for Kalista. So the next step is her fundoplication and g-tube surgery. Kalista is set in the schedule for surgery next Wednesday, August 18th. We're not sure of all the details yet, but it looks like we will be having a family conference at the beginning of next week to go over any questions we have and to make sure everyone is on the same page. Our biggest questions are: whether or not she will able to have her own babies someday, will she have stomach muscles to support the center of her abdomen, how the whole g-tube thing works when it falls out by accident, what is the next step from here....and many more questions between now and then.

We are so very excited, not for the surgery, but for this life in the NICU to be a thing of the past and have Kalista finally at home.

Please send us good juju and prayers over the next week for a great surgery and speedy recovery.