Christopher finally getting held by his Mommy for the first time, 6 days after he decided to come out to the party early.
With a reaction common to many children that Andy holds, Christopher filled his diaper as soon as he was in his Daddy's arms. We think Christopher likes his Daddy.
This one's for you, Dad. We call this "Christopher's Lunchbox," because it's the cooler that we use to carry the bottles of breastmilk to the hospital in. We tell him that it was Grandpa's lunchbox long before it was his.
Yes, we got to finally hold our little boy at around noon today. It was a wonderful moment and we didn't want to ever put him back. His entire body, from butt to his neck, fits into one of my hands. The doctors took the arterial line out of his foot, and with that and his chest tube gone, we should be able to hold him at least once a day for an hour. This is precious time, as we want to try and connect with him as much as we can during the couple of hours we get to see him a day. With Rachel, the nurses just plopped Christopher down under Rachel's shirt. When I asked them if I needed to take my shirt off, one nurse laughed really hard and the other one passed out. I guess they thought it was really funny that I'd be warm enough for him with my shirt on. Weird.
They've increased his food intake to 12ccs every 3 hours, and it's fun to be able to feed him. He's gained 2 "legitimate" ounces (read: not poop or pee) so he's up to 2lbs 9oz. He really doesn't feel like you're holding very much. The doctors said that his right lung (the holy one) looks better than his left lung, because when it healed itself it also got rid of a bunch of junk in it. The left one is still weak, but the excellent staff is monitoring it closely.
Please pray for Rachel's mom, as she is driving back home (Johnson City, TN) today. Her presence will be missed...she's been such a wonderful help. My mom and stepdad are heading down for the weekend, so we'll still have grandparental presence. Rachel is at school for a full 12 hours today, and she stopped taking her pain medication yesterday, so please pray for her. She's being so strong when she can, and it just makes me so proud of her.
I don't think I've ever looked forward to spending a weekend at the hospital before, but I am today.
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