3 years ago today, November 4

Three years ago today my Boo Boo was born. She came into this world gorgeous, she still is, but even being of a good weight did not keep her from the NICU. She was not getting the oxygen saturations that she should have been and all heck was breaking loose in the delivery room. Her Mom had a delivery complication that was being fixed, her Dad made the mistake of looking at the blood and got weak in the knees, and every available nurse was working on the Boo Boo! My daughter kept asking me for reassurance because they were continuing to work on the baby instead of bringing her the baby and I heard what the nurses and doctors were saying but I also heard my Boo Boo screaming at the top of her lungs every time they would give her a chance. They were continually sticking things down her throat and she was aggravated at them! I was too! She looked great, was reacting great, but the stupid numbers were not right. After a period of time it was decided that she needed to go to NICU for the best care available. This was quite upsetting to all of us but we liked the neonatologist. We told her brother and sister that she went to the nursery to "play" with her friends, they wanted to touch her and couldn't! She was the biggest and hairriest (is that a word?) baby in the NICU. She was trying hard to do everything on her own but the machines had to help her for a few days. At seventeen months old she had to undergo throat surgery to try to open her air passage ways some more. She is a sweetheart and doesn't let anything slow her down though. She did go through a period of time where anyone wearing "scrub" type clothing would truly upset her because she associated them with pain. I think she is outgrowing that now though. Last year we went to Disney World in December and she was so excited that Disney World had made a "Birthday Boat" for her (the It's A Small World Ride)! We were all excited for her too. She is pint sized with a heart as big as she is! I thank God for the blessing of my Boo Boo. I love you Big girl!! Happy, Happy Birthday!