Charity is home from the hospital and doing much better but very tired. Tomorrow we plan to go back to be with Anderson. This will continue (back and forth to Peoria) until the baby is able to come home. He is breathing fine on his own. He was under the bilirubin light today for jaundice but the numbers are coming down. They plan to begin feeding him his mother's milk tomorrow. He is and has been receiving nutrition through an IV in his tummy. This will gradually switch over to the bottle. If he gains weight from the milk and can thrive without the added assistance of the IV, he will be able to come home. When he is able, he will get his milk from his mother without the bottle. The earliest he will be able to come home is likely next Monday. But they don't know, because they don't know how he will respond to the feedings. Today we got our first pictures of him with his eyes open. His nurse said he has opened them a lot, but not when we were there.
Yesterday, Glenn and the children got to see him for the first time. Glenn had the flu was told by the hospital staff he couldn't be near the baby when he was born.Yesterday, he wore a mask and his doctor had him on an antibiotic and said he is no longer contagious. (We hope.)
Because of the flu, Glenn couldn't go in with Charity to have the baby (c-section) so I was there with her instead. I got a couple pictures on my cell phone I could text to Glenn.
We are glad Mother and baby are doing as well as they are. ----Carol
9 comments:
He is so cute! I'm so glad that everyone is doing well, and that he'll get to be home with the rest of the family soon!
Yes - he is very sweet and darling. In that picture he seems to even resemble his great-grandma Klopfenstein a little!
He is definitely an adorable little guy. We are so glad that they are both doing well. I'll bet the other children are anxious to have him come home, and I'm glad they were able to go see him. Let me know anytime if you need some help with anything.
You have all been through an ordeal and many prayers were answered that Charity and Anderson are doing so well. I'm sure the kids were glad to finally get to see the baby. We are thankful for modern medicine and good outcomes!
Thanks for the update of Charity and that darling little Anderson. He is so tiny but looks alert and just a nice amount of hair. We hope and pray all continues to go well and he will come home soon. Erin and Thomas' little boy is due in 2 weeks.
Thanks for the update and picture. Many prayers have been answered and we are thankful Charity is home and that Anderson is doing well. He looks alert and sure is cute.
What a cutie! I can't believe he may come home so soon. Does he look like any of his brothers or sister when they were new born?
He's "clear" cute. How's that for a Klopfenstein saying!
So thankful that they're doing well. Please keep us posted. Now that I'm a grandparent I understand the joy of grandchildren!
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