Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Oy Vey! You thought the labor drama was a lot?

I hope you enjoy the latest pictures. Elliot really enjoys his bath time! I used to say babies didn't need more than 2 baths a week ... but it looks like my little water baby is going to have us pulling out that bathtub a bit more often!

Elliot's 2 week checkup brought A LOT of drama! Happily, his weight is great 11 lbs. 8.8 oz ... probably more now since that was a week ago! But, he evidently passed a mucous plug but it had his ped worried so we spent about 3 hours at Brenner's Children's Hospital to make sure that there wasn't anything more to it ... which, THANK GOD, there wasn't! Because of that trip I had to reschedule my 2 week post op check to Thursday of that week (last week).

(Warning: Detailed Medical Info you may not want to know) At my checkup it was discovered that I was running a pretty high fever ... blood was taken ... white blood cell count through the roof ... was readmitted to the hospital. I had a rectus fascia abscess (abdomen) which needed to be drained before the fever would go down. That was a lovely and new experience! All said and done I was in the hospital from Thursday evening to Monday at noon. I did not have to go home with the drain (woo hoo!) but I did go home on Cipro to clear up the remainder of the infection.

The actual "bug" ended up being e.coli, which apparently lives in female parts (who knew?) and got in there during the surgery because when the uterus was torn they had to actually remove it completely to do the repair which left my abdomen cavity more exposed than in a "normal" c-section.

So, I am well on my way to being healed and am excited about getting all this drama behind me! ;)

Unfortunately, I cannot breastfeed while on the Cipro, so that was quite a disappointing blow because I'd been feeding all through the stay at the hospital (on different antibiotics) only to have to stop when I came home! But, I am pumping and dumping (to keep supply up) and I have faith that my little man will remember (in a week's time) that he prefers his milk source fresh and at body temperature! :)

Monday, November 17, 2008

Things are settling down

11/17/08

Thank you SO much to everyone for your visits to the site, comments, guest book entries, etc. Our big guy will be 2 weeks on Tuesday, and wow ... what things can happen in 2 weeks! I'm finally feeling like the "fog" has lifted and have some energy back now!

Obviously, since I've finally added more pictures, right? Of course all of you who know me well knew that we'd still have the camera snapping and downloading pictures a couple of times a day ... but I'm glad that I'm finally able to get them online for you to view now!

Elliot is doing GREAT! He's such a joy. He's so easy going and content. Our biggest learning curve has been breastfeeding, but with the help of my wonderful cousin Jennifer, we are really doing quite well.

We've been out driving around several times (Elliot doesn't get out of the car (won't be out in public until 2 - 3 months) I don't want to expose him to germs, etc. for quite some time) but we enjoy getting out of the house and luckily he seems to really enjoy the car and car seat ... whew! since we're such travelers in this family!

I actually ventured into Target by myself the other day while Grandma stayed in the car with Elliot ... wow, when you've been out of the "real" world for awhile you realize how bright, busy, and scary it can be! Just walking around Target zapped all my energy!

Tuesday is Elliot's 2 week checkup and my 2 week post surgery checkup. I'll hopefully have some energy to report back on his exciting appointment ... mine, not so much! ;)