Anderson is 12 days old… and for 12 days now we have had to leave him in the NICU. It is the hardest thing I have had to do.
This video shows a little of why I hate it so much… and why I light up so much when I get to see him the next day.
Two pieces if good news for you today…
1. Anderson Warner got moved to a new pod in the NICU, which shows he has graduated his health status! No more oxygen and no more TPN feeding has gone really well for him!
2. He has a middle name… but you probably figured that out already.
Alisha and I are at home… alone. Anderson is still stuck in the NICU- bummer. Now we have a 20 minute drive instead of a 20 second elevator ride.
Fortunately, he made even more progress towards coming home today though! He is no longer getting any oxygen… He is on regular everyday air!! I am so proud of him!
Ok, that’s the update. It’s late, time for my own bed.
Little Anderson is starting to get this breathing thing down. After pulling out his own breathing tube out of his lungs, he determined to work towards not needing any oxygen whatsoever (he isn’t quite there, but is close- he is down to getting 21% O2, which is the same percentage as normal everyday air). I think what really pushed him over the edge towards this breakthrough was the hour he got laying on my chest learning what the proper way to breathe is (it was awesome how soothing this was for him!).
As a special bonus here is a picture of him under the Bilirubin light (these pictures turned out so well… I am thinking about buying one of these lights for house).
I just wish I could hold him more and possibly give him a little chapstick!
9/10/10
4:49pm CST
17 inches long
3 lbs, 14oz
Here I am, a few days after his birth… still trying to figure out the perfect way to illustrate in words what this little guy means to me. I don’t think I can do it. If the words exist, I don’t know them.
All I know is that God wanted him here, for a purpose. I can’t wait to see how He uses him.
In the short term, he needs to figure out independent breathing and eating. I know he’ll figure it out. It might take a few days, but he’ll get there. The nurses in the NICU are pulling for him and are doing their best to help him along.
Thanks everyone for your prayers and your support! It has gone a long way to helping this cute little man get to where he is today (and where he is going tomorrow)!!
I wasn’t exactly sure what I was getting myself into… although, I did spend a lot of time thinking about it.
Getting married seemed like the right thing to do, so I did it.
It wasn’t just the right thing to do… it was the best thing!
Today was the four year anniversary of our wedding. I have so many good memories from that day and all the days since then! I can’t believe that time has flown by so much during the four years.
I’ve got a funny feeling that becoming parents will make the time go even faster.
Speaking of which, our kid will definitely be here in two weeks or less… crazy!!
I am so glad to go through all this with her… I love you, Bib!
Yes… September is here!! It is the month I wait all year for. And for a multitude of reasons…
Football season is back. The weather is cooler. Our wedding anniversary. Both of our birthdays… we usually go on a trip to celebrate. We are doing that again this year… we are going to Parentville (not to Hamburgerville- sorry Kel, I promise we’ll go some day).
Our son is going to be born this month!!!!! I cannot tell you how excited that makes me. The anticipation is making me go nuts. It is like 31 Christmases, birthdays, New Years, bar mitzvahs, first dates, and carnivals all rolled into one.
Here is something cool that might actually happen (especially since Alisha is having a C-section)… He might get born on September 22nd (oh yeah, that’s 3 weeks away!!!). That date is 6 days after Alisha’s birthday and 6 days before mine. Who doesn’t love symmetry?
Anyways, I woke up this morning wanting to write this blog because I was so excited about September being here, but I had too much to do to jump right into it. Glad I got back to my computer before the day ended… all I have been saying to Alisha for weeks now is that she should wake me up when September begins. Finally, it’s here!
