11 months old today!!

Happy 11 months to baby Ava!! I can't believe she is 11 months old already! Where has the time gone?! Its sad that I don't remember much from the early months.  Most of my memory has to do with what's been going on during these past 4 months, I guess because so much has happened. I figured out that today is her 77th day away from home, 77 days that our family has been apart. She has absolutely no memory of home. :(

Moving on, our night last night was HORRIBLE!  She was irritable, hungry, thirsty, and a crying mess. She usually goes to be around 8:00 for me, but last night she just rolled around crying till 4:45 this morning!! I had her in the bed with me and she couldn't get comfortable, I ended up calling the unit we had just been discharged from and talked with the nurses. Apparently, this is a reaction to steroids...which she had for 2 days. I have never seen anything like it, I was exhausted. We finally feel asleep around 4:45 only to be woken up at 7:00 by the alarm of her fluid pump. It usually goes off and I am able to unhook and flush her while she sleeps...but nope, not today. She was up and ready for breakfast and fun. Thank goodness she took some naps today, I was able to close my eyes too. Drew is on Ava duty tonight and said she has been sleeping since 7:45, Im not surprised, she was worn out.