02 18 2005
Savannah is 5 and a half pounds now and has been doing well at home. She has been doing well and her monitor has only gone off a couple of times and that was because she moved wrong. I will be posting Continue Reading[...]
My Life
Today’s the Day
*Comes tripping lightly onto scene, endless smiles, grins, etc.* Today’s the day! *does a little jig.* Today is really the day that Savannah is supposed to come home from the hospital! Woo-hoo! It’s supposed to be late this afternoon. Isabel and Ben Continue Reading[...]
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
First of all, Savannah is 5 lbs 1 oz! Hooah! Except that now she has a cold and is anemic. The cold will definitely keep her in the hospital until Friday and the anemia may provoke the need for a blood transfusion. Continue Reading[...]
And A Happy Birthday
Here is how my birthday went yesterday. As you may have been able to tell from yesterday’s entry, I was feeling a little down in the mouth. By the end of the day I was feeling much better. I guess I will Continue Reading[...]
An Article I Liked And Happy Birthday To Me
My 45th Birthday today. Thanks. It is depressing sometimes to think that Poe had done his copious body of work along with editing magazines and writing articles on poetry that are still read today and been dead 5 years by my age. Continue Reading[...]
Baby Hogs And Other Critters
4 lbs 9 oz. We went up and held her today. I should probably say I held her since I was hogging her for most of the time. I couldn’t help it. She’s so little and holdable and I was wearing my Continue Reading[...]
Cool New Savannah News
Just got a call from Isabel at the hospital. Savannah has been nippling all of her feedings and no longer has the tube down her throat. If she can keep on with that, she could be home as early as next week! Continue Reading[...]
Blogs And Such
Ben and Isabel stopped by last night and Savannah is 4 lbs 5 ounces now. Her de-statting is becoming less frequent all the time. We are hopeful for her soon release. Ben is going to check on her ketchup levels and report Continue Reading[...]
Two Months Old
Today our Savannah is 2 months old! Yep. 2 months have gone by since they pulled her out with her little fist raised. From 1 pound 8 ounces to 4 pounds 4 ounces! I told her there were people all over the Continue Reading[...]
Savannah Update
Okay folks, we have a 4 pounder! Yep! Actually 4 pounds 1 ounce. She is now almost 16 inches long, too. This little gal is getting to be a regular monster compared to her 1 pound 8 ounce, 13 inch start. They Continue Reading[...]
Hodge Podge
The pix are up of Margaret and I holding baby Savannah. http://herbthiel.blogdrive.com/galleries You can see where she is touching the snap on my western shirt. It won’t be long and we’ll be able to put a little pair of boots on her Continue Reading[...]
A Setback
They moved the baby back to the first NICU she started in. The one she had moved to was for babies that didn’t need as much attention and she was “de-statting” too much. That means that her instrument panel was going off Continue Reading[...]
