Well friends, here's another update from St. Al's NICU Visitor lounge. Hadley is only two days old now and yesterday went very well according to the doctors and the nurses taking tremendous care of her. She was very stable and her oxygen saturation levels were much better than expected but still not the best they could be. We spent some time with her last night and they explained that they were going to do a few small changes to IV's and such today and we might be able to actually hold her. Needless to say that excited both of us. We haven't gotten to hold her since she was born. We only got to hold her for a total of 3 minutes before they wisked her away to NICU. Today we got up, showered, ate breakfast, and headed up here to visit her. The nurse told us that she did great the rest of the night but when she touched her this morning to change her Hadley's stats went way down. Does anyone understand how hard this is to hear? We can't touch our daughter because it will stimulate her and actually hinder her healing process. My heart instantly broke because it looked like we wouldn't even get to touch her like we had before. The nurse then told us that we could try holding her and just see how her stats went. Janelle instantly jumped on the opportunity. Here's the first pictures of Hadley and Janelle I could take. 
Janelle and Hadley did very well and her stats were stabilized the whole time. I think it gave Janelle and myself some real hope and the opportunity to kiss and hold our little one was more than I could ever have expected. Human touch does amazing things not only for our little Hadley but for us as well. You never know what you have until you can't have it anymore. Something as simple as rubbing Hadley's hand or putting our hand on her head can stimulate her in a negative way so we are always trying to be careful about not agitating her. She is VERY sensitive.
Ella has yet to see her little sister because the time's she's come to visit have either been bad times (shift changes for the nurses) or because she was just too hyper to listen and it would have stressed both of us out as well as potentially agitating Hadley. She is, however, being consitently being spoiled by her Uncle Cody/Aunt Lisa, Nana Lyn/Papa Mark, and Grandma Shawna/Grandpa Glen. We are so thankful for family who will literally drop everything for us to be here. Ella will be splitting time the next couple of weeks with both grandparents.
So here we are, waiting. We talked with the local cardiologist yesterday on the phone and there is a teleconference planned for Monday afternoon with himself and the doctors at Doernbecher's Children's Hospital in Portland OR. (Where I actually stayed when I was 6 months old as a baby). Hopefully because of Hadley's current condition (partially dependent upon medication to be able to keep her stats where they need to be), we will be able to transport her to Portland for surgery later this week. The doctor said it would probably be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday for the transport and surgery. We will then have 7-10 days of recovery time in Portland given no complications with the surgery. We are so hopeful yet impatient because of the waiting that occurs at this point.
We check out from the hospital today as well so this afternoon is going to be especially difficult. We are planning on spending the afternoon upstairs with Hadley and letting our families "scrub in" to see her and then going home for a little bit to get things situated before we leave. Our friends, we will say it again, have been amazing and are offering to let us stay in their houses in Boise so we are much closer to the hospital during this waiting time. THANK YOU if you read this. Everyone's support thus far has been amazing and we are so lucky to have the friends that we have. Keep checking back and we will hopefully be documenting our new adventure with Hadley. ----Casey, Janelle, Ella, and Hadley Boothby
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