December 3, 2008: Liesl’s First Doctor’s Visit

Dominica is feeling much better today after getting a lot of rest last night.  I slept in until around eleven being quite exhausted having stayed up very late with Liesl to allow Dominica to sleep. I am really thankful for my time “away from the office” this week.  I am out of work until midday …

December 2, 2008: Driving to Scarsdale

It was only our second night with Liesl and we all actually managed to get sleep last night.  She doesn’t exactly sleep through the night but she sleeps for four or five hour stretches and allows us to get some sleep in.  Not bad at all. The job today for Dominica’s dad and I is …

December 1, 2008: The Sleepless Nights Begin

Dominica and I got no sleep last night.  Because Liesl spent all of her time in the hospital in the NICU and never in Dominica’s hospital room there was never any chance at all for any of us to get to know her outside of the NICU setting.  In the NICU we were only around …

November 30, 2008: Liesl Comes Home

My only plans for the day included sleeping in and spending the day at the hospital being ready for whatever might come up.  I slept in until around around nine thirty and then went straight into the hospital to spend the day with Dominica.  I was just on my way out the door when she …