On Thursday, October 16, 2008 we welcomed Christopher Neal Holmes to our family. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was roughly 19 inches long. I went to the hospital around 9:30 a.m. and I delivered him at 8:34 p.m. It was my longest labor to date--full of lots of unexpected twists and turns, including forceps!!Unfortunately, he aspirated some meconium during the delivery, and had to be rushed to the respiratory therapists at the hospital, so I have no sweet pictures of me holding him after his birth--I had to wait for 2 days to be able to hold him in my arms and nurse him for the first time.
After 2 days of treatments with the CPAP machine, surfactant, and antiobiotics we thought we'd be able to bring him home, but his body just wasn't ready yet. His bilirubin levels were increasing and his little lungs were still hazy. That means we all got to experience the NICU for another week. He received 5 more days of antibiotics, 2 days of "bili lights," an EKG to rule out heart problems, and quite a few more IVs, pokes, and pricks. On Thursday October 23rd, we finally got to bring him home. He still has to be on oxygen to strengthen his lungs, but we're hoping that within the next month he'll be off the oxygen. Many thanks to Emily for taking this adorable picture.
Here are some pictures of Elena and Eva meeting their baby brother at the NICU for the first time. You'll see from the pictures that they each enjoyed touching his cute little piggies. He's still hooked up to the CPAP machine in these pictures.
9 comments:
Wow! That was sure fast (were you responding to my comment on the previous post?). :) Holy cow -- he is adorable. What a sweet face! I had no idea he had gone through such an ordeal. I'm glad he's home with you. Thanks for sharing! Congrats!
He is so adorable! I thought he was bigger. Well I hope we get to see him again soon! We love you guys and are so happy he is home with you.
So cute! Baby boys are so fun. It's a whole new world.
It was so sad to hear they wouldn't let you hold him for 2 days. We're glad you finally have him home with you. Hope he continues to do well now.
Hooray! I'm so glad you finally joined the blogging world. I already commented on Em's posting of this picture that he looks to me like pictures of you as a baby, but I can't wait to meet him in real life, though he'll look so different by Christmas! It's also fun to see the pictures of the girls. Eva's hair reminds me so much of Lucy's, very short and very blonde!
Thank you for starting a blog! I don't get to see you and your kids often enough, so seeing them grow through the blog is great! I'm so glad that he is home and doing well! Congratulations!
Wow, as soon as this page came up, I thought... he's gorgeous.
I'm glad he's home. I sure look forward to meeting them all some day (sooner rather than later).
Miss you guys.
He really is a beautiful baby!! I'm glad his health is improving. We're so excited to see him!
Hi guys, I'm glad you gave in to peer pressure. I can't wait to see the little cuss this Christmas.
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