*A STAR IS BORN*

 Friday January 28th, 2011 Adalee Knight Alt was born via emergency c-section. She weighed 4lbs 3oz and 16.5 inches long. She was taken to the NICU but not before daddy got to hold her and show me her beautiful little face. She was doing good but something wasnt right with her tummy, she had the doctors stumped. They decided surgery had to be done to get a look at what was going wrong. Tuesday, February 1st Addy went into surgery. After what seemed to be the longest 2.5 hours they were finally done. The surgeon told us that something happened to her intestine that caused it to kink and everything below that kink had died. They ended up removing a good portion of her lower intestine and connecting what they could save. This wasnt what we were expecting so it came as a shock when the surgeon started mentioning things like "Short Gut Snydrome" and her having to get nutrients through a IV for the rest of her life. What she was left with leaves her with a 50/50 chance it could go either way, she may have enough of her intestines left that she wont need an IV. After a minor break down we were finally able to talk with our favorite NICU nurse Colleen who explained the situation to us better and prepared us for a long road ahead. It will take about a week before we see if the surgery was a sucess and if the connection that was made works. No matter what happens either way Addy will have a great life! We will do whatever it takes to get her eveything she needs to strive. So now we just wait. Today, one day after surgey she looks good. Her blood pressure was a little low so she was given a blood transfusion but this was expected, it was a big surgey for such a little girl.  Were going to take it one day at a time and were looking forward to day we bring her home so she can finally meet her big sister (Jamison is not allowed in the NICU because of her age). Addy is a strong little girl and has so much love around her that things can only get better from here!