by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 29, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
We just finished our morning visit to see the kids. Updates! Jayce: His next challenge is to tolerate a richer feeding schedule. He starts receiving food + enrichment today and will increase calorie density once every day. If he keeps up with the new program, he can...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 28, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
After our release from the hospital last night, we returned home, showered, and changed into Actual Clothes. We took ourselves out to Red Robin’s for a celebratory dinner. After nine months hiatus from blue cheese (okay, seven-and-a-half months), I enjoyed every bite...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 27, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
It’s nearly time for Josiah and I to return home! Everyone at Riverside has been lovely but I will be excited to sleep in my own bed tomorrow. We decided to divide and conquer this morning. Josiah went up to help with Justine’s bath while I stayed in the room to take...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 26, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
Christmas Eve was hard. It started with waking from a glorious sleep, a good breakfast of real food, and a morning visit to the kids with Mom, who gave Josiah a night off from hospital sleep with me to rest in his own bed at home. It was great to have a night without...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 24, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
Thank you to everyone who showered us with prayer, encouragement, and service as last night’s heart test turned into this morning’s emergency c-section. It’s been a long day. Jayce and Justine were born at 9:30 am. I am not a fan of pregnancy nor birth, but I have to...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 23, 2018 | From Hospital to Home
Midnight: Our midnight heart test went as poorly as the AM one. By 2 am, we were still testing with no end in sight. We’ve been visited by four different nurses in an attempt to get monitors correctly tracking separate kids. Ultimately, a resident doctor brought...
