Our boys are beginning to take this acting up stuff to a new level. On Sunday, we were informed that Hudson has an inguinal hernia. I know, we probably shouldn’t have started the HGH and workout regimen at birth, but we wanted him to get a jump on it. In all seriousness, it sounds worse than it is. Apparently, it is common in premature babies. If fixed, there are no long term issues. They told us it is a 2 on the 1 to 10 scale, but he will be put under for the operation. You can tell me it is not that bad all you want, but he is still only 35 days old and will be given anesthesia!! And the toughest part is that the current hospital can’t do the surgery. Hudson will be transported (away from his brother) to Plano Presby tomorrow morning. And when the surgery is complete, he will spend his remainder of his NICU time there.
Here’s the schedule:
· Tuesday Morning – transfer via ambulance (yes, I’m jealous)
· Tuesday Afternoon – The surgeon, Dr. Kevin Kadesky, will evaluate him
· Wednesday Morning – Surgery, should only take 30 to 45 minutes
· Wednesday night – the anesthesia wears off and the 48 hour Brady watch begins
· Friday night – maybe home?! If we avoid any complications and Hudson remembers to breathe and keep his heart rate up, he could be home on Friday night. If he acts up, I mean forgets to breathe, we start another 5 day waiting period.
And while this is all going on at Plano Presby, Landon will hopefully be finishing up his 5 day waiting period at Baylor Frisco and heading home on Saturday. And by the way, his 5 day period started again this morning. He is getting stronger though. Hopefully this is the last one. In true twin fashion, he learned Sunday night of his brothers issues and decided to figure a way to stick around in the NICU a little longer. However, he was a little disappointed this afternoon when he learned about the transfer. His master plan backfired a bit.
On a lighter side, we hit a milestone today – we (and by we, I mean I) took our 1000th picture of the boys. Thankfully we have an external flash that shoots upwards. Otherwise, our boys would be squinting for the rest of their lives!
And an update on weights – Hudson is 5 lbs 12 oz and Landon is 5 lbs 2.9 oz. Yes, we are now members of the 5 pound club. See, the HGH is paying off!
Enjoy a couple of the latest pictures.
Brothers just enjoying some time together:
Momma kissing on Hud, yet check out the strategic hand placement to avoid a little something something.
Two sleeping babies, score.
Just let me sleep a little longer.
milk coma.
just hangin
Landon enjoying a little story time.
The picture says it all.
Landon looking content.
Hudson being innocent
Hudson’s real thoughts about the NICU!
Rub a dub dub…
Who says bath times isn’t fun?
think we can bust out of this joint?
2 comments:
I just love looking at those pictures! I will definitely be praying for both boys, but Hudson especially during his surgery on Wednesday morning. Many prayers, xoxo
they are both such beautiful babies.
hang in there ... praying for all 4 of you in this transition and surgery.
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