Hey yall,
This is just a quick update, as I am pretty tired. It’s been a trip,
and I just wanted you to know I’ve not forgotten your sweet prayers
and thoughts, or that I need to get to you, but there has just not
been time. Short version is that baby ended up in NICU for 36 hours,
starting about 8 hours after he was born, and things were just nuts
for us, with the section recovery and all at the same time, as you
can imagine. He is just perfect now, but it was scary for a bit, as
there was fluid in his lungs, a need for a feeding tube, oxygen, IVs,
Xrays, tests, antibiotics, etc., all of which is really terrifying
just hours after giving birth, when he has to be taken from you, as
you can imagine, and Ang, I know experienced. They say it was just a
slow transitional thing, and he was returned to us after a day and a
half. We came home yesterday. In the big pic, it was just a blip,
but we’re sure glad it’s over. And blessedly, breastfeeding is going great, despite our intial setbacks with NICU.
B has all the pictures, some really great ones, but it will be a
couple of days before I get organized enough to get them to you. I
so appreciate your love and prayers, and am so glad to be home with
our new boy. He is, of course, perfectly beautiful, and still,
naturally, nameless. We are in love, and the older children are
smitten. It truly was worth this whole past year…and countless
more…
Love,
Al
I’m so sorry to hear you (your babe) went through all that. I am glad to hear all is well now. I can’t wait for the pictures, but you spend this babymoon with your family and new babe in arms and love every minute of it!
Comment by the SmockLady — February 21, 2007 @ 10:55 am