Welcome to our lives, Alex!
Alex was born April 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 AM. He weighed 4lbs, 9 oz and was 15.5 inches long. He came 5 weeks, 1 day early. But he is doing very well considering.
He was delivered via Cesarean Section and came out crying. That was different than Emma and Braden. They both were very quiet. We’re very happy he decided to announce his arrival and show off his lungs. He was a little purple when he came out, but quickly ‘pinked up’ when they gave him oxygen. He was very active and even helped the nurse hold his oxygen hose for a while. And, no, Braden, he wasn’t purple AND green… just purple.
Alex is in the NICU for the time being. They are feeding him via an IV to make sure there’s no risk of him aspirating any milk.
He seems to doing well considering how early he was. They’ll monitor him closely to make sure he gets stronger. He is grunting a lot, which is supposed to help his lungs expand more. They’ve also done full blood workups to make sure there are no infections or anything that would explain the early delivery.
The surgery went very well and Kathie is resting comfortably. Although she’s itching quite a bit, which is normal from the anesthesia.
Pastor Gates came to baptize him. So he is ‘officially’ a child of God. So, he’s got that going for him… which is nice. :)
1 comment:
Holy cow! This was only two hours after you were thinking about going back home!! Welcome Alex! Can't wait to see you! Congrats on your growing family...now you just need a girl for Emma to play with!! :) We love to follow along on your blog...and the kids have enjoyed the pics...keep it up! Maybe I'll even get going on mine again someday! Tell Kathie "hello"...I'd love to give her a call if she's allowed...or isn't sleeping or holding that new baby! Take care...and we'll talk to you soon!
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