So here we are looking at a contraption that looks like a
giant fish aquarium. It’s the Drager
Photo Therapy 4000. Better known as a UV
light machine, it is helping Sophie get the excess bilirubin in her body broken
down so she can get rid of it. It is
also what has us spending another night in the luxuriousness that is an L&D
Postpartum suite at North Fulton. Don’t get me wrong, the staff here is
AMAZING! They are attentive, polite,
empathetic, friendly, and supportive.
The bed and “man chair” that Em and I are tortured by are a different
story. Let’s just say this for the “man-chair”,
it is covered in a material that can only be described as nauga-plastic; very
comfy!
But let me tell you how we got here…
Sophie Brooke was born at 6:08 am after Emilee was in labor
for about 10 hours. It really wasn’t supposed
to be that long, as she had seen her OB earlier in the day and he told her to
come in so they could help it along. But,
with Pebbles and the stent (see Round 3), her OB thought that it would be a
good idea to get everything in motion since she had already started. So after a long night we welcomed Sophie.
We had a pretty quiet day after Sophie got here. Matt had come up the night before to give us
his and Jill’s love and support, and we had family through during the day in
nicely spread out intervals. Em’s mom
was with us at delivery, and then her Dad and my family came by later; it was
very relaxed. This struck us as a huge
contrast as to when Gracie was born.
There must have been 50 people that came by that day. People that we weren’t even sure we knew in
some cases. That was fun, but this was way more relaxing. We even continued our tradition of having
Longhorn for dinner!
The fun was when our sitter (and adopted child) Emily
brought Gracie and Gage up to meet their sister. Gracie wanted to know when “her
new baby” was coming home and Gage just stared in wonderment. He had a “WTF is this and what is happening”
kind of look on his face. Then he was distracted
by a NERF ball and was fine; at least until he beaned his new sister in the
head with it. I guess we are going to
have to live by the “no blood, no foul” rule.
But today things changed a bit. Sophie didn’t do so well on her hearing
test. Probably just fluid that will dry
out, but it could also be the Bozicevich women’s trait of having an excuse not
to listen! I am praying for the fluid
excuse. And then we found out that she
would have to spend at least one day in the aquarium. All signs point to this is just a small bump
in the road. But when you have your new kid in front of you, all bumps seem to
be mountains.
Overall she is healthy.
I really want to thank all of you who have reached out to tell us how beautiful
you think our new addition is. I’m the skeptical
one here though. I mean, what you are
going to say to new parents? I just can’t hear the following in my head:
WOW!
That’s one ugly baby!
I didn’t
know she could have a head that shape.
Bless
Her Heart! (OK, maybe this one)
Which
end is up?
Anyway, we should get to go home soon and I will continue
to update our escapades. Here a couple pics for ya.
Keep Smiling,
Rob
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