Baby Ella

So Sunday night I got this personal message on facebook. Sandy was asking if I was the right "Chelle". I tracked down her blog and learned that she was expecting another Trisomy 6 baby in February. Wow! I kept saying to myself over and over. At this point in my life I really just kept saying Wow! Another T6 baby (I'm the only one so far that's had 2 live past birth), and to know ahead of time. Anyhow, I responded and mostly forgot about it.

Until last night at 10PM when I got another facebook message...from Sandy. She had moved to Utah on Dec 27th...gone to the hospital on Dec 28th with torn placenta...stayed 'til Jan 4th, home for an hour or so then back and gave birth to Ella 3lbs 5 ozs, Wow! She was in Utah with no family close and had only been in her new apartment for 24hours or so of the week she'd been in Utah.

So, this morning I got up and got ready to go to Provo. I just felt like I should go visit with her. And another "funny" thing. Marky's nurses had other places they had to be today, so I had to take Mark with me. I almost left him home with Emily (made her stay home from school) but decided to take him since he was well. My only hesitancy was if I could get in to see Ella, then I needed to not have Mark. So I asked Mom and Katie to go with me.

We arrived in Provo at about 11:30 and found Sandy on the NICU floor. She came out with the neonatalogist. And THAT is why I had Mark. The doctor asked questions about Mark and I asked questions about Ella. They talked about vision (she had vision tests scheduled for that afternoon) and eating and ...lots of thing in the few minutes while we were there in the hallway.

Then we went to Sandy's room. She was trying to make room for us to sit somewhere, but we were more than happy to stand. After a few minutes I suggested that Mom and Katie go take Karen to lunch and I stayed to visit with Sandy...for 3.5 hours. Time flew by. She told me how they ended up in Utah and what was going on with her family. She told me a little more about Aryn. I answered her questions about Mark and JD and the little baby in St. Louis. We talked about plans and services and before too long it was past time for me to leave.

When I got home it was time to leave to go to New Beginnings. By bedtime I was exhausted. Mostly emotionally. The whole Sandy/Ella thing was emotionally taxing. But I was so upset about not getting anything done for ScrapMatters or Dave's work.