apparently this was sooo long that it wouldn’t upload, so here’s Part One…OHSU
We’ve had quite the summer.  As I ranted before I’m exhausted from all the excitement, but I’m starting to recover. I don’t want to forget all the fun stuff that happened this summer! So, I thought I’d blog about the great times we’ve had since Ziva was born!
I already blogged her birth, but can I restate here how wonderful it was to have such a short “active” part of labor??  Whhheewwww…

The first 9 days are a blur, we had a ton of visitors come to see us and welcome the baby.  Then our first event and first visitors arrived.  The first event was Vienna’s trip to OHSU/Dornbecker  Children’s Hospital for tests on her kidneys to see if the infections she’s been getting had done any damage. I was a basket case all day… super emotional/hormonal and dealing with what may happen to my baby as she goes under deep sedation   Praise The Lord, not only was Sam able to be there with us, but my mom came along to mind the baby and be there for us!  She was such a great help!  Vienna, unaware of her mother, father and grandmother’s trauma… had a great time!
They numbed the backs of both hands in preparation for putting in her IV port (or what ever you call it…) They got the port in on the first try. Vienna hardly cried at all!  She was nicely distracted by the very large “Deisel” ( a great big stuffed horse they had in the room, they had two, and if you pinched  the ear they’d whinny… quite cute). 



She was very careful with her hands when they were just wrapped, and careful with her hand once the port was in, and she never complained about it once! What a champ!
Then began the waiting… we waited for the isotope to be put in, we waited for the isotope to go through her system, we had the test and we waited for her to wake up! During all the waiting before the test she ran up and down the ramp with Daddin’, she read books and colored with Mimi, she kissed mommy and baby Ziva… she had a grand time.

The test went very well, but man did it seem like she was asleep forever! The injection they gave her to put her under sedation is one that stings when it goes in. Thankfully the lady in the lobby, who’s 9 year old daughter has had this exam done MANY times, warned me it would sting.  Having also watched many medical shows and always being interested in such things, I knew what to expect as far as Vienna’s reaction to going under.  Even being prepared it was no fun holding her as they injected her and having her get rigid and arch her back and cry. 

So, test begun, all going well, almost finished.  Sam went back out to get her snacks and juice box because she could eat when she woke up and as soon as she had something we could go.  He comes back and lets me know that my mom would appreciate me heading out to the lobby to give Ziva, who apparently is inconsolable, at least a snack (thankfully I couldn’t hear her in our room!)  I ran out there and nursed her for 5 minutes (they said we had about five to ten minutes before the test was done). Ziva appeased, I ran back into the room and they finished the test and Vienna started to wake up. I can’t tell you how comforting it is to be able to hold your baby while they are going through all this.  I am also so thankful to the staff at Dornbecker’s for letting us sit in the room and watch the whole thing and let me cry like a momma tends to do   They were quite understanding.   Sam even got to just carry Vienna into the recovery room.  Seven hours after our journey began, we had our baby, good as new, in the van and headed home!!   That night my mom went to the airport with my dad and picked up our first visitors.  Uncle Dan (my dad’s twin brother) and Aunt Mary Jean.  (I think that Aunt Mary Jean and Uncle Dan got the shaft!