Baby's First Halloween
No trick or treating for baby Nadia tonight but she is improving by leaps and bounds. She is progressing very well with feedings and is now up to 3 bottles a day. Next steps are to move to feeding from a bottle for all six feedings (no more feeding tube). After that, she will be ready to come home and we can stop making daily trips to the hospital. We can't wait!!!

Baby Nadia is Improving
Baby Nadia continues to improve. Her respiratory distress has subsided and she has been taken off of oxygen entirely. After many days of photo-therapy, her jaundice has cleared up. The doctors are gradually increasing her formula intake, still being given through a feeding tube. She is being fed some with a bottle, and when she is able to do so for a full 24 hours, she will be ready to come home!

Caregiving in the NIC-U
Nadia is gradually improving but is still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NIC-U). She is getting slowly weaned from oxygen as she had some mild respiratory distress, a common problem in preemies. She is still on IV medications and feedings. We are very hopeful that we will be able to begin feeding her formula very soon. We expect her to continue improving and to move to intermediate care by Sunday or so, and shortly after she will be on her way home! More Photos

Baby Nadia Marie is born!
On Tuesday, October 18th, 2:53am, a precious little baby girl was born at Southern Regional Medical Center in south Atlanta. She was 4 lbs, 7.4 oz and born 5 weeks premature. Papa Bill got THE call on the following day, when our adoption agency called to ask if we were interested. The answer was (of course) YES! After a flurry of activity and discussions we were on our way to the hospital to meet the precious little girl. More Photos