Re-admitted to the hospital on my bday. So pitiful...
Home with my boys about to have cake.
Ryan had to help blow out the candles.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Happy Birthday to Lisa!
I went back to the doctor for my week follow up and to get my staples out on my birthday and I ended up getting re-admitted to the hosptal! I was having high blood pressure which is not the norm for me. I was also having bad headaches, swelling, and tightness in my chest. So the doctor was concerned I might have preeclampsia toxemia. A condition normally associated with pregnancy but sometimes after delivery. So I had to be monitored for a couple of hours and they did blood tests. All came back normal, but it made for a birthday I would not soon forget. It turns out that I probably have walking pneumonia. The doc gave me some prescriptions and hopefully I will be on the mend soon. Please pray that Aiden and Ryan do not get sick! The pictures below were taken on my birthday.
Re-admitted to the hospital on my bday. So pitiful...
Home with my boys about to have cake.
Re-admitted to the hospital on my bday. So pitiful...
Home with my boys about to have cake.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Scroll down for a daily log of hospital events.
Ryan is so proud to wear his big brother shirt.
On our drive home, first time in his car seat.
Free of tubes! and Go Dawgs!
Free of tubes! and Go Dawgs!
Daddy's first chance to give Aiden a bottle.
Aiden had to eat out of tube through his nose at first while in the NICU.
Our first family photo in the NICU.
Aiden on his way to the NICU.
Aiden gave Ryan a knight and shining armor costume so he could protect his baby brother.
Ryan gave Aiden a rattle for his birthday.
Proud Papa just after birth.
He weighed 8lbs and 1 oz. at birth but only 7lbs and 5 oz. when we went home.
First bath....ooh it felt so good.
Moments after giving birth were not mom's most glamorous shots.
Our first family photo in the NICU.
Aiden on his way to the NICU.
Aiden gave Ryan a knight and shining armor costume so he could protect his baby brother.
Ryan gave Aiden a rattle for his birthday.
Proud Papa just after birth.
He weighed 8lbs and 1 oz. at birth but only 7lbs and 5 oz. when we went home.
First bath....ooh it felt so good.
Moments after giving birth were not mom's most glamorous shots.
Recap of Aiden's birth
Looking back it is hard to believe it was only 6 days ago when we went to the hospital for our C-section. What a week it was! Here is a short play by play of events:
Wednesday: Aiden was born 1:54 pm. Just a couple of hours later he was taken away to the NICU. His breathing was rapid due to excess fluid in the lungs. We spent as much time in the NICU as possible. Those visting hours are so restrictive. I wasn't able to get in to be with Aiden until I was able to get up which was 2am. So the process of wheelchairing it over to the NICU began for the next several days.
Thursday: This was not a good day. The bad news just kept coming. After much monitoring and tests there was a scare of a heart murmur and hole in the heart, the breathing issues and now jaundice was entering the picture. I was having much pain from my own surgery and not to mention those wonderful hormone surges. Oh I hate crying! Especially with all the visitors. So we sent out the prayer chain requests.
Friday: We still don't have our baby in our arms in our own room. It is looking better however.
This morning Dr. Bruce was saying his improvement was quite remarkable. His heart is fine and normal for his age. He has little signs of jaundice and his breathing is not as rapid. He had his first meal this morning through a tube. Those tubes taped to a baby just aren't right. He accepted the tubes though and @ 12:30 he had his first bottle. When I was able to visit with the doc he said again what a remarkable improvement from yesterday it was and that his lungs were looking much better! Bless the Lord and thank you for all your prayers. We still don't know when we will get to go home yet, but I got to feed him a bottle. The not knowing things is what makes this process so hard. I will be discharged Sunday so that is what we are praying for with Aiden. I couldn't bare the thought of leaving the hospital empty handed.
Saturday: Things continue to improve. They think we will be able to be discharged and stay in the family room. This is a small hotel like room for parents to stay in with their baby the night before they go home. So while he will still be hooked up to the tubes, we will at least be able to be with him all night.
Sunday: We indeed got the good news that we would be discharged to the family room in the NICU. However, his Jaundice is back up and on the rise, so we still don't know if we will be going home as a family or empty handed. Ergghhh! As the day went on we finally got the good news that we could go to the family room. So we rushed our discharge and ate lunch and took things to the van to be taken home. We checked into the family room close to 4pm and we were finally a family together.
Monday: What a night! You really can never be prepared for physical pain and lack of sleep. But no complaints from us...we had our boy with us and only a heart monitor hooked up. Yay, no more IVs! His jaundice levels kept rising though, so we heard from a social worker that he might have to stay BUT NO we got the good news that we could all go home today! Yes! We would be assigned a billi bed (a special light bed to help with the jaundice) and we were able to come home on Monday afternoon . Here's the catch we were in a tornado watch. Ryan was born in the same hospital almost 4 years ago under a tornado watch. I think it is probably an indicator of the type of tempermements they will have.
Tuesday: Just went to the doctor for a follow up on the jaundice. We got amazing news! He is already in a safe zone just overnight being on the billi bed. So just one more night and we should be free from it all.
Pictures to follow...
Wednesday: Aiden was born 1:54 pm. Just a couple of hours later he was taken away to the NICU. His breathing was rapid due to excess fluid in the lungs. We spent as much time in the NICU as possible. Those visting hours are so restrictive. I wasn't able to get in to be with Aiden until I was able to get up which was 2am. So the process of wheelchairing it over to the NICU began for the next several days.
Thursday: This was not a good day. The bad news just kept coming. After much monitoring and tests there was a scare of a heart murmur and hole in the heart, the breathing issues and now jaundice was entering the picture. I was having much pain from my own surgery and not to mention those wonderful hormone surges. Oh I hate crying! Especially with all the visitors. So we sent out the prayer chain requests.
Friday: We still don't have our baby in our arms in our own room. It is looking better however.
This morning Dr. Bruce was saying his improvement was quite remarkable. His heart is fine and normal for his age. He has little signs of jaundice and his breathing is not as rapid. He had his first meal this morning through a tube. Those tubes taped to a baby just aren't right. He accepted the tubes though and @ 12:30 he had his first bottle. When I was able to visit with the doc he said again what a remarkable improvement from yesterday it was and that his lungs were looking much better! Bless the Lord and thank you for all your prayers. We still don't know when we will get to go home yet, but I got to feed him a bottle. The not knowing things is what makes this process so hard. I will be discharged Sunday so that is what we are praying for with Aiden. I couldn't bare the thought of leaving the hospital empty handed.
Saturday: Things continue to improve. They think we will be able to be discharged and stay in the family room. This is a small hotel like room for parents to stay in with their baby the night before they go home. So while he will still be hooked up to the tubes, we will at least be able to be with him all night.
Sunday: We indeed got the good news that we would be discharged to the family room in the NICU. However, his Jaundice is back up and on the rise, so we still don't know if we will be going home as a family or empty handed. Ergghhh! As the day went on we finally got the good news that we could go to the family room. So we rushed our discharge and ate lunch and took things to the van to be taken home. We checked into the family room close to 4pm and we were finally a family together.
Monday: What a night! You really can never be prepared for physical pain and lack of sleep. But no complaints from us...we had our boy with us and only a heart monitor hooked up. Yay, no more IVs! His jaundice levels kept rising though, so we heard from a social worker that he might have to stay BUT NO we got the good news that we could all go home today! Yes! We would be assigned a billi bed (a special light bed to help with the jaundice) and we were able to come home on Monday afternoon . Here's the catch we were in a tornado watch. Ryan was born in the same hospital almost 4 years ago under a tornado watch. I think it is probably an indicator of the type of tempermements they will have.
Tuesday: Just went to the doctor for a follow up on the jaundice. We got amazing news! He is already in a safe zone just overnight being on the billi bed. So just one more night and we should be free from it all.
Pictures to follow...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
This is the night before we go in for the C-Section and I'm trying to get caught up on things. I have had the nesting instinct for weeks now, and I think Scott is tired of me cleaning and doing projects. We might actually rest more once the baby gets here. Well, ok, so maybe I'm dreaming, but nevertheless we are as excited as can be and will update you with pictures as they come of new bundle of joy. Right now we just wanted to update you with these of Ryan. It had been since Easter since we updated anything. We hope to do better in the future.
July 2008
When Grandaddy Gigi came for a visit they brought Ryan a guitar. And yes.....Elvis lives!
The cake Linda McAllister made for my baby shower was absolutely darling! Instead of just one cake there were several different kinds. The bad thing is I didn't get to enjoy any of them because I had just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I must confess though I had to taste the sailboat cake and it was quite delicious.
When Ryan & Scott came to pick me up Ryan just had to taste some of the cakes.
This is some of the lute from the shower in the baby's room. And yes, we just used the same nursery that we had done for Ryan. (His name sign is still on the wall, but will be replaced with one for Aiden.)
May 2008
We took this picture to show the garden size next to Ryan and the next one was just a couple of weeks later. Then later in the season when it was monsterous, we showed Ryan these pictures again. He was so impressed by the growth.
Ryan being a scarecrow.
Sprinkler fun!
Homemade ice cream with his best friend Martin.
Speed Racer has taken over....
April 2008 Trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Eating chocolate pudding on the beach.
On the way back we stopped in Toccoa and visited with Scott's family. Brady and Ryan enjoyed an afternoon at Pitts Park in Clarkesville.
We managed to get some letterboxing (a favorite hobby of ours) in while at Toccoa's Henderson Falls park. If you want to find out what letterboxing is, just email us.
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