Chris and Jenni

Here’s an update from Tam that she left in the comments. I thought I would post it just in case some of you missed it in the comments.

Hello, all. Because I have to pump at 1 a.m., half and hour from now, I’m going to post an update here. :-) Talk to the nursery about what tomorrow holds. They said he would definitely not be checking out at 11 a.m., the anticipated check out time. Our nurse said she is going to post us as a late check out. So, unless they have extra rooms and we can stay longer, we will be checking out at 3 p.m. Friday, without our son. Eian needs to have been outside of the incubator for 24 hours, room oxygen, at normal respiration rate. He’s basically breathing normal now, at only 2% higher than room oxygen. Another added feature is that he was coming kind of jaundice, so they have him under a UV light. It’s doing the trick. He’d only been under for maybe 3 hours and he was already looking better and he made really good doodoo while I was feeding him. :-) First diaper change was a doozy! With all the wires and the incubator, I was glad San could hold one leg on the other side while I held a hand and leg in one hand and cleaned him up with the other. Ha! I wish we’d gotten a recording of that! He just laid there and watched us clean him up. He was so cute! My sister is right he is a strong boy and he’ll be out of there in no time. God is our healer! Amen!? Give me a witness!
He has given us much grace to deal with all of this. An incredible diversion from my plans for postpartum bonding. But, I’m doing what I can to make sure he gets as much contact with us as we can. I’ve started pumping and I’m able pump exactly what he needs each time. I was warned, “Don’t be discouraged if you only get a few drips to start out with.” I thought to myself, “Whatever. I’ll get what my son needs.” Sure enough, God is good and has helped my body to be ready. . . and what he needs right now is his mama’s liquid gold and contact with San and I coming down to feed him every 3 hours. Speaking of which, it’s time to shut my eyes for 20 minutes, before I attach the torture contraption. :) God bless you all!!! And thank you for your love and prayers!!! Give God glory!
More updates to come! Thank you, Sis, for helping the rest of the world keep updated! You are wonderful! Aloha! Call me tomorrow.

I’ll just add my own two cents worth (that must be where Aidan gets it ;) It’s got to be so hard to think of not taking your baby home with you, but, these days will fly by so quickly and he will be home so soon and will have all the bonding he needs. I know God has given them a good perspective and patience as their little one is getting all better. I think that my sister is handling it all much better than I would have :) I don’t know though, I’ve never been in a situation where my baby needed to be in the hospital right after birth.

Another side-note, my kids keep looking at the pictures of Eian and whenever they see them they get excited, they want to hold him and see him so bad! Yesterday when Cait saw him she said excitedly, “BABY!” She loves babies. The hardest part for me is knowing that I wont get to hold him until he’s about 9 months old so I will miss out on those precious newborn days. But, that’s life right? I am thankful that we get to see them in March, they have been so good about coming to visit us even though plane tickets can be quite costly. Well, I better get going now, I need to eat something before the heartburn takes a hold!

Update to my update:
Tam said that Eian is doing really well and thinks he’s on schedule to leave tomorrow. She sounds like she’s recovering quickly and is really excited about getting to hold Eian without any wires or tubes! She got to nurse Eian today and he did really well! Yeah! So we are praying that their evening with driving back and forth to nurse the baby wont be too long, and that he will be stable all day so they can take him home tomorrow and adjust to a “normal” life with a newborn. Thanks again for your prayers! Please stop by their site, they have posted a video of the cute little guy, he is so beautiful!

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