Wednesday, January 9, 2008

One year ago today

One year ago today we handed our baby over to an OR nurse in green scrubs through glass double doors that we were not allowed to go beyond. A year ago today we waited impatiently for close to four hours until they called us to post-op. A year ago today I felt my whole body go weak as a nurse carefully placed a sleepy, bandaged baby with splints and attached to an IV in my arms. A year ago today Chris and I took turns sleeping, feeding Zoe with a syringe and rubbing her temples as we cradling her on a pillow on our laps for a 24 hour hospital stay.

One year ago, and this is today...

8 comments:

Kyla said...

A whole year. Wow. She's a beautiful girl, Julie.

Stu said...

that post just gave me pins and needles all over. I can't imagine what a trip it has been.

~aj~ said...

Beautiful before, during and after. She's such a sweetheart.

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! That is the first word that came to mind after reading this post. What a beautiful little girl.

I can only imagine how hard that was to trust someone else to take care of your daughter. I am so glad that it worked out so beautifully and there are no more surgeries as of yet.

mom said...

again i'm crying, cannot believe it has a been a year.
she's more beautiful in person, she's such a clown and make everyone laugh

Junie's Blog said...

She's simply beautiful!

Anonymous said...

She is beautiful! Always as been!

Hey - I emailed you and hope I sent it to the right place - don't have your email at home - sent to yahoo mail -let me know if you got it.

John, Shannon, Broderick, Camden, and Adalynn said...

Isn't amazing how far we've come- I was just thinking the other day...and we've only been post-op for 4 mos for the lip (and 1 month for palate). I look forward to the time when I can post the same post.