Tommy Update

I have a little time to update the blog while baby Tommy sleeps (yes I actually thought I would have more time to update).

Baby Tommy was born on Monday at 5:36 p.m. and he is 18 1/4 inches long weighing 6lbs and 14 ozs.

We had a little scare Monday night. I put him in his cradle around 11 and as I watched him sleep I noticed that he had bubbles coming out of his mouth and then started making choking sounds. Tommy called the nurse and she came in and took him off to the nursery. They had to give him some oxygen but not much. When she cam and updated us she told us everything was fine and that she thought he had some amniotic fluid left in his lungs and when he tried to spit it up he also tried to swallow at the same time. He ended up sleeping in the nursery that night because we wanted him to be watched all night.

The next day was much better. He had a CT Tuesday afternoon. Tommy and his mom took Baby T down to have the scan. The radiologist called us and told us that the results were way better than expected!! Praise God!! He told us that as of right now he has not developed Hydrocephalus and that his cerebellum was in tact. He is missing his vermis (we knew that) but has lots of vermis tissue, which is good. This all was a HUGE relief!!

On Wednesday we came home and and began to enjoy being parents instead of having to run off to Atlanta for surgery. I had no idea how exhausting it would be. My mom spent Wednesday and Thursday night with us. She has been a huge help and we could not be more thankful for her. She and I stayed in our room and Tommy has been sleeping in the guest room (he has night and morning shifts so mom and I can sleep). Baby Tommy LOVES to "play" at night. We have tried many things to get him to sleep on his own but as soon as we put him down he is wide awake so we take turns holding him while the other sleeps.

Before we left the hospital they told us he had a little Jaundice. We went Thursday and today to the outpatient lab to have his bilirubin checked. Yesterday he levels were higher than they were in the hospital so a nurse came to our house and brought us a light blanket. Today we went to the pediatrician and she told us everything looked good. After we left her office we went back to the lab to have his levels checked again. They were a little higher today then yesterday so we still have the blanket on him. We go back in the morning to have them checked again so hopefully is levels will be down so we can take the blanket off of him. I am sure it is very uncomfortable and it is beginning to rub his little armpits raw.

We will go to see the ped. neurosurgeon on February 4th. He will tell us if and when he will need an MRI.

I could have never imagined the unconditional love I would feel for someone else. It is the best feeling in the world. He is the most precious gift and I cannot wait to watch him grow.

God is amazing and has blessed us with this miracle baby. Our faith has grown tremendously and I will never understand why people do not believe. Baby Tommy is living proof that God performs miracles and that he lives within each and everyone of us.

Please continue to pray for our sweet angel.

God is great
Holli