My daughter, Isabella, was born in April of 2010. At the time she was an only child, but she became a big sister in November of 2011. She was a c-section baby after an induction and 18 hours of labor didn't help her budge. She was 9 lbs 9oz and 21 inches long.
Because she was a c-section and a large baby, she had a condition called TTN, Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn, which is a fancy way of saying she was breathing too fast because she still had fluid in her lungs that wasn't expelled during delivery. She had to stay in the Special Care Nursery at the hospital for 5 days, during which she couldn't have anything by mouth because she could have gotten pneumonia due to aspiration. She was hooked up to an IV of TPN for nutrients. We were so happy when we were told she could go home with us. It was a great day. Since then, she has been a fairly healthy baby. She has had croup twice, the stomach flu once, Roseolla last summer, and some seasonal allergies. Everything was going great until her 15 month well visit.
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