Our first family photo!
Christopher was lounging when we came in tonight. He's going to need a king-sized bed before we know it!
A closer shot. See the huge wad of tape on his face? That's because he pulled out his feeding tube and the nurses got smart. He still tried to grab at it while we were there.
The little man in the arms of his Daddy, as Christopher begins his "carb coma." He loves to fall asleep when he's getting fed.
Kisses from Daddy (Rachel made me put this up)
One more thing. Please pray for Christopher over the next couple of days for the following:
1. That his lungs will produce surfactant fast enough to keep up with his growing body. The doctors say that premature babies at about 2 weeks (saturday) usually have to go back on oxygen, as their lungs can't keep up with their growing bodies. He'll grow out of it, but he hates those tubes.
2. That his apnea (not breathing) spells will go away. Currently, several times a day Christopher stops breathing for awhile, his heartrate drops, and it's scary. It happened today when we were holding him, and he stopped breathing for about 20-30 seconds. He gets himself out of it, and they have him on caffeine for it, but it needs to go away. It's a normal thing for a baby born as early as he was to go through, but we still don't like it.
We ate dinner at the Griesner's tonight...it was a great stop between the hospital and home. And if Ann ever offers you Bananas Foster, take her up on it =).
--Andy
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