15 Eva As soon as she could breathe, eat, and stay warm on her own, Skylar was discharged from the hospital. She was twenty days old when I was finally able to take her home. I’d only had to stay for a week myself. After my kidneys decided to function on their own again, they’d kicked me out two days later. It was the hardest thing in the world to leave the hospital without my baby, my little girl who’d been with me for the past seven and half months. So, usually I just stuck around there all day, annoying the nurses with every question under the sun. I think they were patient with me only because they knew I was Pick’s friend. For Skylar’s situation, her doctor didn’t foresee any long-term problems. He warned me she’d probably have some delays in developments, maybe a little trouble i