Pack it up, pack it in...

let me begin....

Today we got the go ahead to pack It up--"It" being D's apnea monitor.

Like most folks warned me, we have had a love/hate relationship with the monitor. It has been both a blessing and OMFGpulltheplugonthatdamnmachinebeforeithrowitoutthewindow.

D has not had a true apnic alarm on the monitor since back in June (and granted, some schools of thought say that ALL babies have apnic events for a few months after birth since their neurological systems are still learning how to regulate themselves).

Given five months alarm-free (well, you know, except for the FALSE ALARMS, aka 'loose connection' alarms that cause a brief heart attack between the time your ears hear them and your brain computes their tone to be non-emergent, but I digress...), along with the fact that D is on track developmentally, our ped made a call to the neurologist and together they agreed that she was doing so well, there was no need to continue on It.

I have to say, I couldn't make my call to the healthcare company to come pick it up fast enough. It will take a few days for them to come out and get it, but until then, the monitor is boxed up on the floor of D's room, done, ready to go.

And tonight, as I type this, she sleeps just like most other babies...without a monitor.

So lovely.

Here's to 'normal' in all its myriad forms.