by busyboysam | Feb 10, 2009 | hospital
C has done most of the child care and household management during our chaotic week. Tonight she got to see Geneva for the first time to see what all the fuss was about. Baby No one will commit to a date when she can come home. It’s worse than asking a financial...
by busyboysam | Feb 9, 2009 | hospital
Mommy mostly resting, then visiting Geneva once a day had special cuddle time with each boy Baby in NICU for at least the rest of this week taking more food (yippee!)—pray that she will tolerate whatever food she gets. slept through Mommy’s visit (do angels...
by busyboysam | Feb 9, 2009 | a dad's life, a mom's life, hospital, marriage
Reuniting is very emotional. Whatever is inside comes out in unexpected ways. This was one of the high points. The low points didn’t get captured on camera. They are almost exactly like what you are imagining. Mom & Boys Hard night, wishes she could have...
by busyboysam | Feb 8, 2009 | hospital
Mom came home, visited with boys, feeling better tires easily Baby staying in NICU for now, hoping to come home soon wasn’t accepting formula, changed formula, seems to be helping
by Jennifer | Feb 8, 2009 | hospital
How do I even begin to convey what this week has been like? I still don’t know all the details of the delivery, but every day I learn a few more. Wednesday I discovered that more than a hundred people prayed for us in the wee hours of that harrowing morning....
by busyboysam | Feb 8, 2009 | hospital
Mom ate sushi (craving it for several months) laughing a little but it hurts getting up and walking a little (the postpartum shuffle) blood count still a bit low but that’s normal learning that she almost died, that many were praying (estimates of hundreds),...
by busyboysam | Feb 7, 2009 | hospital
Mom nap, eat, nap, walk, nap, shower, nap, bathroom, nap, talk, nap the body and mind are sometimes a team, and sometimes arch rivals visitors encouraged to wait until she is home a few days wants sushi, dreaming of a slender body hoping to visit baby again today...
by busyboysam | Feb 6, 2009 | hospital
Mom & Baby together, holding, cuddling, getting acquainted likes human touch mom is best I remember you
by busyboysam | Feb 6, 2009 | hospital
Mom got into chair looks much better today, in good spirits taking it slow, pain level is more managed today got to see baby for a few minutes, thinks she’s beautiful on clear liquids learning more about what happened too early for visitors Baby CPAP removed...
by busyboysam | Feb 6, 2009 | hospital
This post comes from SH who shares this with the team: In Sunday school not so very long ago, we were studying John 11: “Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant...