Welcome to the Blog on Clara and Wilson McGarvey!

Clara's amniotic sac ruptured on June 7, 2011 when we were 24 weeks and 5 days pregnant. Ten days later, Clara and Wilson were born. They have already enriched our lives in ways we couldn't have imagined, and we wanted to share those experiences with our friends and family. So sit back and enjoy the read - they are full of excitment and surprises!


Friday, September 23, 2011

Operation Preemie Parade

Clara passed her car seat test and is set to be discharged tomorrow morning after her 10:00 a.m. feeding! The doctors are so optimistic about Clara's departure that they asked us to clean out the hospital freezers and take home our remaining milk supply. (There was a lot there from when the power went out in August). We don't want to jinx things, but we believe we'll be able to get our sweet baby girl tomorrow.

Thank goodness we now have a deep freeze in the basement!

We anticipate completing the discharge process around 11:15 - 11:30 and being at our house around Noon for Clara's Homecoming Parade! Just to set everyone's expectations, there won't be any floats and the parade route won't be long (the length of our front walk), but it is going to be one of most memorable celebrations we'll ever have. Unfortunately we will not be able to pass Clara and Wilson around and let people hold them (doctor's orders), but we are excited for them to meet so many of the people who helped them (and us) through this journey. We also can't have too many people in and out of our house because we have to be very careful about exposing the kids to germs. We'll have some drinks and snacks outside and, of course, plenty of hand sanitizer. We can't wait to bring Grand Marshal Clara home to celebrate our stay in the NICU finally coming to a close. 

Get ready for Operation Preemie Parade - you down with OPP?
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  1. Brandy BaileySeptember 23, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    YAY!!!!! Congratulations McGarvey Family!!!!

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  2. BenniferSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    Wish I could throw Albert and one or two of his sax playing buddies in the car and head to the Ville tomorrow! What parade is complete wo a marching band?! We hate to miss the festivities, but we'll be thinking of you. Tell Pam to take lots of pictures! Ha!

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