After about 15 hours of noticeable labor, Little Man made his appearance. I was so happy to have another son. It has been 17 long years since our baby BOY was born. For the first hour I was allowed to hold and cuddle this precious fellow. After that he started going into distress! He started grunting, then retracting...both scary signs in a newborn. The nursery gave him 2.5 hours after birth to turn around or they would take him back to work on him. At 9 PM, he left my arms and started his long journey to recovery. I went to shower and rest, but only moments after laying down the nursery nurse came to say Mediflight was on their way to pick him up for transport to Children's NICU. This was the second of many things he did to follow in Princess SJ's footsteps.
- He was delivered in the same hospital, same nurse, same room
- He had the same distress symptoms
- Rode the Medflight to Children's
- Was placed in the same room and isolette as Princess SJ (that hospital has about 70 of them!)
- Had many of the same nurses
What he did differently than Princess SJ was:
- He stayed 19 to her 10 days
- Tested (falsely) positive for a strep blood infection and had to have a spinal tap
- Took Mega doses of antibotics
- Nursed better than Princess SJ
- Was smaller than she was 6-12, to her 7 1/2 pounds
After 19 long days away from our family, we were so blessed to bring this little guy home! It had felt like we would never be all together as a family again.
Pictures from our last day in the hospital...after all the cords and tubes are off except oxygen. This is the step down 'we are going home' nursery!
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We also missed a special big sister Miss K's 11th birthday while in the hospital. We now have 2 March birthdays...
May came up too fast. Time to celebrate Miss M's 9th birthday! We got her a Ukulele. She adores it and is ear picking everything she can on it. Too fun!! Lots of fun, lots of scary, lots of life this year has held so far. Up next is Joe's graduation party.
