October 2009, Welcome Sloan!

Sloan Marie Shulund was born on October 23, 2009 at 3:33 AM. She was 7lbs. 11oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. She came out with a full head of hair!

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She had a brief stay in the NICU due to a reaction from the eye ointment that they are required to administer. Apparently there was a national shortage of the gentamicin that is normally used so it was substituted with erythromycin. Sloan and three other babies had a reaction. At first the doctors didn't know the cause (although it was posted on the CDC website that other babies had been having reactions)and since Sloan was the first one to have a reaction she was put through all of the tests to rule out a number of things. The whole time she was healthy and happy but just had a scab around her eye. There was no damage to her actual eye at all. She was very alert and at times a little too strong for her own good (like when they were trying to draw fluid from her spine and she didn't like it!). She also had her first hair cut when they had to shave her head to put an IV in. (I know many a men that would do anything for hair like that!)

We are ready to go home! Her going home outfit consists of a new hat that was knitted by her great aunt Meme and a onesie that was worn by both her friends Elsie Sladden and Finley Bergeson when they were first born.

Here are a few photos of Sloan and the McDonald family on Halloween.