The long story:
She was born on 22/11/2015, at birth she seemed healthy, they gave her Apgar score 9/10 and no one suspected anything, except that she was shaking a little, seemed like shivering. Her Mom thought she was quite weak, poor suction and shaking continued during the following days, midwives and doctors were still happy with Nora, said she just had a rough start, she will get stronger.. On the third day, on her home going checkup the pediatrician agreed with mom and said head Ultrasound, EEG and some blood samples need to be checked. The head ultrasound was normal, all lab results came normal, but the EEG had some changes, looked like Nora had Herpes encephalitis (EEG changes were in typical area of the brain) Nora was transferred to NICU, more tests was done and for the first time we got the fear of losing her. Her first brain MRI showed small intracranial bleeding, but that many babies have after delivery and otherwise it was normal. She improved slowly, nothing alarming was found in any of the investigations, some borderline results, but at that age could be normal too. After 4 days in critical care NICU she was moved in to a family room, so she could stay with mom and dad, but still be observed. Nora was improving, she suctioned better, but still had NGT, because some feedings was too tired to eat. After one month, just before Christmas we got the best news ever, we got our baby girl home
