Rewind a little... (part 6 - all is ok)

Phoebe recovered relatively quickly. Later that day they took her off oxygen in the evening so we could get her out for a cuddle. They then suggest I try feeding her as she was much stronger and should be able to manage it. She took to it straight away and it was amazing. They kept waking me through the night so that I could be taken to SCBU to feed her.

By the next morning, they were talking about letter her be in the ward with me, though still under their care. By the time hubby came in in the morning around 11am, they had not long wheeled her over to be with me. Finally we had our baby!!!! She still had a canular in her arm for twice daily antibiotics but was so much better than when we first saw her.

It was still a few days until she was given the all clear. She had some dodgy blood test results that had the doctors talking about a lumbar puncture but luckily they agreed to just grow her blood cultures another 24hours instead and they came back ok.

We were allowed home late on the Saturday after spending just over 4 days in hospital. After the slightly shaky start, she is now doing brilliantly.