In order to be able to take Sylvia home that night we had a ton of things we needed to learn. They needed her hooked up to an Apnea monitor 24/7. Because of Sylvia's tongue being so far in the back of her mouth, if she were placed on her back she would choke on it. Therefore we had to sleep her on her tummy. We had an apnea monitor on her and if any of her breathing had changed an annoying alarm would sound and we would know what to do. Usually it was a false alarm, thank goodness and never had to use any of the CPR we were trained with.
After the apnea monitor was assigned she needed to be placed in a special carseat bed, and take a carseat test. A carseat bed almost looks like a tiny little box, that she could lay on her belly with. It's usually assigned to premie babies because they can't hold their head up at all. She passed her carseat test with flying colors!
All that was left now was to drive home! And start our lives finally together!
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