Dain II here again. Marie is now in the "hospitality" phase of her time at the hospital (I am just now seeing that "hospital" is part of "hospitality"...I'm not sleeping much these days), meaning she is able to stay in the room she's been in, but no longer is receiving any care from the nurses. She's on her own for getting food, dispensing her pain meds, and so on. But, she's roughly 50 feet from our son, so given the choice of staying at Delnor or coming home really wasn't much of a dilemma. She may be coming home tomorrow (Thursday), like it or not. Obviously, if it's up to us alone, we'd rather she stay, but who knows the limits of Delnor's "hospitality".
To update health-wise, she continues to recover from her surgery, having her staples removed today. Little D is also doing well...he's eating directly from the source, so to speak, and has had the incubator (or whatever they call them) top of his bed removed. Basically, at this point he's in a plastic bed covered in blankets, so the doctors are trusting him to regulate his own temperature. He apparently is a little jaundiced, but after doing some brief research, I've come to learn that this is completely natural and happens even to full-term babies, so not a big deal. Tonight also featured his first bath given by his parents (well, Marie did most of the work). Not his favorite activity, as I really heard for the first time what an unhappy D sounds like...which is pretty much like an irritated infant. But, he cleans up pretty nicely, so he'll have to learn to cope.
So, here goes nothing. I've successfully downloaded video from our spankin' new camcorder (thanks again Dan and Suzie for the early Christmas gift...it's been great) to our laptop...now, the challenge is to upload said video to this here blog. Wish me luck (results should follow directly below this sentence):
Finally.
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DIZZY, DIZZY, DIZZY! I'm sure you already heard this, but breastfeeding helps resolve the jaundice. Also, jaundice makes newborns particularly sleepy for some reason so just to let you know :) Sorry, I swear I won't be someone who gives you advice that is unwanted, esp from someone who doesn't have a kid. I just went to a baby/breastfeeding/WIC conference the other day and learned all this cool stuff.
He gets more and more adorable every time I see him! Don't worry about the jaundice, like Stephanie said. It is VERY common in babies - especially preemies. He looks beautiful. And so does Mommy.
Precious!
He is so cute. I love the video. You did a great job. I think he looks some what like Stephanie R.'s baby Collin did when he was first born with the dark dark hair and all. I love the nickname. We call Gavin Little G and Griffin Big G. Griffin is younger but bigger than Gavin. I pray that he gets to come home soon for you. I know from experience the traveling back and forth from home to hospital can be tiring. Keep your chin up, he is handsome as can be.
Dear Dain and Marie, What a beautiful boy! It looks like everyone is doing great and we hope that you are home soon safe and sound. We have followed your family's progress since day 1 on your blog and feel like we gave birth too - to a nephew! All our love and congratulations,
Aunt Patty and Uncle Mike
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