Thursday, October 30, 2008
Still Here
Well, it is Thursday and we are still in the hospital. We spoke with the pediatrician today and they are still watching the second culture for growth. Looks good so far. They want to keep him on the antibiotics overnight as well. They are going to do another chest xray tomorrow and run a few more tests and if everything looks good, then we will be discharged tomorrow. They are thinking it was just a contaminate that effected the culture, but they just want to be sure before they send us home. Cooper is jaundice, so they started him under the lights today as well. He is eating well and still a fiesty little thing. More to come later!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Cooper Miles Base is here!!!!!
Hi everybody,
Sorry this is a few days late, but I didn't have immediate access to the internet. Cooper Miles Base was born on October 27th at 1:16pm. He weighed 7lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. He has lots of dark brown hair. He looks alot like his big sister Addison did as a baby. He finally received his name about 4 hours after he was born!!!! We are still in the hospital and not sure when we will be going home. Cooper's breathing was a little faster than they liked to see in newborns, so they ran some tests and did a chest xray and found an infection. The good news is that the infection is contamintable(SP) which means it is not in the blood. They took him to the nursery on Tuesday night and started him on antibiotics so he has not been allowed out of the nursery since. He will most likely be on those until tomorrow night, so we are hoping to go home Friday sometime. His vitals and temp are all good, so for now they are just keeping an eye on the cultures to make sure there is no more growth. They will also be doing another chest xray in the morning to check for more fluid on the lungs. One of the nurses in the nursery was telling me he is a fiesty little thing and has a set of lungs on him!!!! He also said he is quite a kicker which I have known for the last several months! Addison and Maddox are loving him. Maddox was very sad today when he couldn't see his brother. Monday when Addison saw him, she just kept wanting to hold him....she's quite the mother hen! Check in again soon as I will post pictures of the big man as soon as we are able to go home.
Sorry this is a few days late, but I didn't have immediate access to the internet. Cooper Miles Base was born on October 27th at 1:16pm. He weighed 7lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. He has lots of dark brown hair. He looks alot like his big sister Addison did as a baby. He finally received his name about 4 hours after he was born!!!! We are still in the hospital and not sure when we will be going home. Cooper's breathing was a little faster than they liked to see in newborns, so they ran some tests and did a chest xray and found an infection. The good news is that the infection is contamintable(SP) which means it is not in the blood. They took him to the nursery on Tuesday night and started him on antibiotics so he has not been allowed out of the nursery since. He will most likely be on those until tomorrow night, so we are hoping to go home Friday sometime. His vitals and temp are all good, so for now they are just keeping an eye on the cultures to make sure there is no more growth. They will also be doing another chest xray in the morning to check for more fluid on the lungs. One of the nurses in the nursery was telling me he is a fiesty little thing and has a set of lungs on him!!!! He also said he is quite a kicker which I have known for the last several months! Addison and Maddox are loving him. Maddox was very sad today when he couldn't see his brother. Monday when Addison saw him, she just kept wanting to hold him....she's quite the mother hen! Check in again soon as I will post pictures of the big man as soon as we are able to go home.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Final Countdown!!!!
Well, only 3 more days....Friday, Saturday and Sunday....the big day is set for Monday th 27th at 1:30pm. I can't wait to meet our little boy! Yep.....he's still just our little boy with no name! Hopefully we can come to an agreement on a name within the next 3 days. Otherwise, we may have to go with Addison's recommendation and name him Diego. Now that I look back the time really has gone by pretty quickly. God really did give me a peace about this pregnancy because I wasn't nearly as scared and anxious as I thought I would be after our experience with Annabelle. I always have small babies, but this one may be a bit larger according to a few comments I have received from people stating that this baby looks like it is going to be big!!! I'm not sure if that is their nice way of saying I look fat or what!!! We had a couples BUNKO party and Baby Boy Base went as a basketball! He made a very nice one I must say. I was the player holding the basketball and Jon was the referee. I made him wear the short, tight coaching shorts...remember those??!!!! Check out the pictures. Addy and Maddox are still so excited to meet their little brother. Now Addison is changing her mind a bit though and would probably rather have the baby be a girl. She is still so unsure about whether this baby is going to live in Heaven with Jesus and Annabelle or if he will get to come to our house. I can't wait to be able to show her that he is going to come home with us!!! It's amazing at what they comprehend isn't it? I guess that is all for now. Please pray that all would go well on Monday. Also, please pray that I could get rid of this sinus infection and thrush that I have had for the last 2 1/2 weeks. The dr said my immune system is low so will most likely not get rid of it until after the baby comes. We will update the blog on Monday and try to get some pictures posted ASAP, so check back in!!!
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