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Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Yes, he is finally here! We have been so blessed to have our little boy come into the world happy and as healthy as can be expected... There is some much to tell you about his little journey into life, but I am going to keep the first posting short and then we will add more. We have been so busy putting our lives back together and going up to see him everyday we have not had time to put everything on the blog. Things have slowed down a little bit and we are starting to get back into our routine. Let me give you a quick recap of what has gone on. On August 3 we woke up and had some indications that things were on their way. They sent us down to labor and delivery at about 6:30 in the morning. They said that it was hopefully not the real thing, but that they wanted to monitor me. About an hour later they sent us down and the contractions started. They did not want to give me any medicine in case it was a false alarm (we had already had three). I started to realize that something was different this time. The contractions started at 5 min. apart and were not to bad at first, but they picked up fast. They offered some pain medications, but I get sick on anything but the epidural. They said that they could not give that to me until they new I was in full labor. I tried to reassure them that it was real, but they did not want to check my dilation in case I was in false labor (infection could result). They did give me a dose of some small drug that lasted about ten minutes and they said that it was as strong as a few Ibuprofen. I started to get sick so we decided no more. At about 3:00 they said that I could have an epidural. The anesthesiologist was working on someone else so we had to wait. The Doctors were still unsure if I was in true labor so they were not rushing him along. Luckily I had the nurse on my side. She kept telling them she is in a lot of pain. Finally, at about 4:00 the anesthesiologist came. He was done at 4:20. It took about 20 min to kick in 4:40. The only problem was that I had what they call a hot spot. One side does not numb up. At 4:50 the nurse went to get the doctor to tell them that I was still in a lot of pain. 4:55 they came in so calm "I guess we should check you and put a heart monitor on the babies head." From the time she checked me to the time he came out was 4 min. They checked and said, "oh he is coming.” All I could think was I told you so. I knew and they knew that this little boy had to come fast because we needed to get him on the ventilator as quickly as possible. Luckily he was out in three pushes... One of the reasons we chose this hospital was for the high-tech equipment and for the special delivery rooms they have for high-risk babies. They have what they call a drive through window for baby. They pass the baby right through the window in to the NBICU. Everything happened so fast. Dave had me try and take a picture, while he cut the umbilical cord, but Boston was whisked away so quickly I didn’t’ even snap a photo in time. I tried to take one picture but our camera has a nice little delay, so all I got was my nice beautiful swollen legs as they passed him to the nurse. Dave grabbed the camera and tried to get a picture of him as they passed him through the drive through window. Dave’s photo caught the nurses back and not the Boston. Needless to say, Dave got to see him for a second and I had to wait 2 more hours. We found out later that his first hour of life did not go so well. He had swallowed a lot of blood clots on the way out of the womb from my placenta pulling away. So it took them a minute to figure out why he was doing so badly. They finally got those out and then it he went up from there. When a baby is first born they give them what they call an APGAR score ranging 1-10 (0-2 for 5 categories) 0 being the worst and 10 being the best. Boston was a 1. They said that once they got those out and put the surfactant in the lungs he would do better. He kept fighting and has done so well through all of this. The only info they gave us through the window for 2 hours was that he weighed 2lbs. 14oz. and was 15" long. This seems so weird because most people would not think of 2lbs. 14oz. as a blessing, but we have learned that your perspective can change with your situation. We thought with the placenta pulled away and no water that he would have weighed less. Unfortunately, the weight is a big factor, but the lung development is #1. They were finally able to get him stable and let us go in to see him. He was perfect, just a smaller perfect. Blond hair, which is weird for our kids because so far they have all had jet-black hair. I think he looks like his dad (handsome and strong).
He did very well for the first day. They had warned us that babies have what they call a Honeymoon period for the first 24 hours so don't get to excited. He did really well though. They took him off of the oscillator by 12:00 that night. If they can move them down they want to because too much oxygen can cause damage to the eyes and lungs. Boston skipped the ventilator down from the oscillator and went to the CPAP and cannula. They let us stay and watch them take him off of that on put him on the other one. Nothing is scarier in life then to watch them take your child off of a ventilator to see if he can handle the next one down. I want to say lets just keep him on this one forever. It seemed to be working just fine. He did great on the next ventilator. He has gone through three ventilators They started to give him breast milk through a tube by the 5th day. Then he ran into a little bump. They thought he had an infection. I called the doctor for our daily chat on the phone and she said " last night we thought he had a infection so we did a spinal tap and drew a bunch of blood. He did very well and we will call you if we have to do any big procedures." I thought a spinal tape was a big procedure. They put all of the fluid and blood on petree dishes and see if anything grows for 5 days. Longest five days of our lives. Everything came back negative. So, he had a few good days. The staff got him up to his full feedings a day, which is still so tiny, and after going down to 2lbs 12oz he was finally gaining weight back. A day later he had another bad night. He threw up all of is feedings so they stopped the food and did another spinal tape and drew a bunch of blood. This time it came back positive. He had a staff infection in the blood. Two steps forward and one step back. Another long seven days to see if the antibiotics are working.
Okay you are now pretty much up to speed. He is on his last day of antibiotics, almost up to his full feedings, and weighs 3lbs 12oz. Not doing as well on the oxygen as we had wanted, but he is a fighter and a CHAMP.
We are so proud of him for being so strong and enduring this trial that he has had to go through so young in life. We are also proud of his little sisters for being so strong for each other and being so helpful. I have to say that I am so proud of my solid husband Dave who has played Mr. Mom for the past month and ½. He has been amazing and I am so thankful for all of his love and support. As a family we are so thankful for all of the love and support. We love and appreciate everything that has been done. It all seems as though I have dreamed a dream and the dream continues.
He did very well for the first day. They had warned us that babies have what they call a Honeymoon period for the first 24 hours so don't get to excited. He did really well though. They took him off of the oscillator by 12:00 that night. If they can move them down they want to because too much oxygen can cause damage to the eyes and lungs. Boston skipped the ventilator down from the oscillator and went to the CPAP and cannula. They let us stay and watch them take him off of that on put him on the other one. Nothing is scarier in life then to watch them take your child off of a ventilator to see if he can handle the next one down. I want to say lets just keep him on this one forever. It seemed to be working just fine. He did great on the next ventilator. He has gone through three ventilators They started to give him breast milk through a tube by the 5th day. Then he ran into a little bump. They thought he had an infection. I called the doctor for our daily chat on the phone and she said " last night we thought he had a infection so we did a spinal tap and drew a bunch of blood. He did very well and we will call you if we have to do any big procedures." I thought a spinal tape was a big procedure. They put all of the fluid and blood on petree dishes and see if anything grows for 5 days. Longest five days of our lives. Everything came back negative. So, he had a few good days. The staff got him up to his full feedings a day, which is still so tiny, and after going down to 2lbs 12oz he was finally gaining weight back. A day later he had another bad night. He threw up all of is feedings so they stopped the food and did another spinal tape and drew a bunch of blood. This time it came back positive. He had a staff infection in the blood. Two steps forward and one step back. Another long seven days to see if the antibiotics are working.
Okay you are now pretty much up to speed. He is on his last day of antibiotics, almost up to his full feedings, and weighs 3lbs 12oz. Not doing as well on the oxygen as we had wanted, but he is a fighter and a CHAMP.
We are so proud of him for being so strong and enduring this trial that he has had to go through so young in life. We are also proud of his little sisters for being so strong for each other and being so helpful. I have to say that I am so proud of my solid husband Dave who has played Mr. Mom for the past month and ½. He has been amazing and I am so thankful for all of his love and support. As a family we are so thankful for all of the love and support. We love and appreciate everything that has been done. It all seems as though I have dreamed a dream and the dream continues.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
This week we ran into a little bump in the road with Baby Boston. It is a long story and dave has made a blog for everyone to visit and see our journey to try and hold on to this little baby boy. We need all the prayers and love we can get!! The blog is bringingbostonhome.blogspot.com. Either of the Boston David Christensen websites that pull up will work. Click on them and then for some reason one of them will tell you that it does not exist but just click on the underlined Boston David Christensen and it should get you in. If I were smart I would just put the link on this blog, but i am not, so I won't. Anyways, thank you to everyone that has helped us in the last week including the doctors and Life Flight Team....
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
I HAVE A QUESTION AND WANT ALL OF YOUR OPINIONS... I am trying to decide if I should make my blog private. I have heard all of these scary stories about stalkers and everything. I can not decide if these are like the mormon stories that always go around. I like the idea of old friends being able to find you. I have come in contact with a few old friends that I never would have found other then an open blog. The idea of having to gather everyones emails and send them invites sounds like a headache. I missed a few friend invites to their private blog and now I can not get a hold of them. I just want my girls to be safe. If you have switched over did you just put your Email on the blog and tell everyone that wants to be invited to email you. I do not have half of the friends emails... What is your opinion???
Monday, May 26, 2008
Skiing at Sundance...
We decided to take all the grandkids on my side skiing. They absolutely loved it. Addie was not scared at all and wanted to go on the big lift and not on the bunny hill. I was about a month and a half along with the pregnancy when we went so I was so out of shape I thought I might die. Capris did very well also. She was little worried the first time but after that she was laughing. Dave has really taken on Snowboarding. When we first met I was the skier and he was not because he grew up in Cali and BYU would not let him go under contract. It is totally different now. He goes all the time and is really good. I hardly ever go and do not have the muscles to get me down the mountain. It is hard when you are always pregnant or have to watch the kids to be able to go. Needless, to say I loved being up on the mountain. We are so proud of our two little girls for doing so well. We are also proud of dad for taking up a new sport and doing so well so fast.
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I am Back!!!!
I know some of you may have thought that I died... In my mind I almost did. J/K I will give you the quick story of where I have been. After Christmas I decided to get caught up on my scrap-booking. I have 6,000 photos on my mac. I decided to do it the easy way on the mac photo shop. You just drag and type below the picture. Not as cute as I would like but there is no way I can catch up. My problem is that I want every picture and moment to be in their book so I am not good at picking out just a few for the year. Plus, I am not good at keeping a journal so this is my way of journaling and scrap-booking. Anyways, I decided that my blog would have to be put on hold until I was done. Needless to say I am still not done... But I am getting close. Then we found out we were pregnant and I got really sick. Not as bad as i was with the other girls but it was still not fun. I finally started to feel better about a month ago. Then I was busy putting our life and house back together after being sick which took me about a month. Things are getting back to normal. So, I am back and will try to catch everyone up on what we have been doing. Yes we are pregnant for those of you that do not know already and we are so excited.
I am Back!!!!
I know some of you may have thought that I died... In my mind I almost did. J/K I will give you the quick story of where I have been. After Christmas I decided to get caught up on my scrap-booking. I have 6,000 photos on my mac. I decided to do it the easy way on the mac photo shop. You just drag and type below the picture. Not as cute as I would like but there is no way I can catch up. My problem is that I want every picture and moment to be in their book so I am not good at picking out just a few for the year. Plus, I am not good at keeping a journal so this is my way of journaling and scrap-booking. Anyways, I decided that my blog would have to be put on hold until I was done. Needless to say I am still not done... But I am getting close. Then we found out we were pregnant and I got really sick. Not as bad as i was with the other girls but it was still not fun. I finally started to feel better about a month ago. Then I was busy putting our life and house back together after being sick which took me about a month. Things are getting back to normal. So, I am back and will try to catch everyone up on what we have been doing. Yes we are pregnant for those of you that do not know already and we are so excited.
Friday, December 14, 2007
We have been very busy this month with Addie's performances. She is in a little singing group a Center Stage and the have been singing in different places like The festival of trees, retirement homes, Provo town center, The Gateway museum, and a few ward parties. We have had so much fun being her groupies. i can not believe she is old enough to have her won solo ( Oh Christmas Tree). We are such proud parents. Capris has been such a good girl supporting her sister. She can now sing all of the words to Addie"s songs and duringthe performance she sings them on my lap.( Really loud) so cute!!
daveandshelby.blogspot.com Sorry it has taken Us so long to renew the Blog. I have so much fun reading everyone's bog that i never get to mine. The other night Dave (the greatest dad ever) hooked up the sled to the four wheeler and drove the girls to the park to go sledding. WE had so much fun. It was really dark and late but it is one of those memories that you will cherish forever. i love my little family so much. We love to do things on a whim. This Christmas we have tried to slow down and spend more time with the kids. We have tried not to stress about getting gifts and enjoy the season. It has been amazing, watching christmas movies with the girls, having hit chocolate any chance we can get. We are just so thankful these holidays for the love we have for each other and others.
Friday, October 12, 2007
ADDIE'S FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!
Wanting to be just like her older sister
BEST SISTERS
Capris still cries everytime we drop off Addie at school. Our favorite thing to do as a family is pick up Addie after school. It is so fun to see everything she did and how much she has learned. Capris gets so excited to pick up her best friend so she has someone else to play with other then mom!! We love you Addie
Wanting to be just like her older sister
BEST SISTERS
Capris still cries everytime we drop off Addie at school. Our favorite thing to do as a family is pick up Addie after school. It is so fun to see everything she did and how much she has learned. Capris gets so excited to pick up her best friend so she has someone else to play with other then mom!! We love you Addie
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
O.k... So I think Steph has tagged me, but I am not positive because I can not receive comments on my blog!! ( P.S. If anyone has any ideas of what I am doing wrong please let me know!!)
1. I could live off of SWEETS for the rest of my life!!! I can eat a meal and feel so full i might DIE but when someone puts sweets in front of me suddenly it's empty!!
2. I love being a MOM more than anything in the WHOLE WORLD!! I could lock my little family in the house forever and be happy. I have always wanted to be a mom. Somehow it is better than I had ever imagined...
3. I wanted to be a nurse. I worked in the O.R. in Highschool. I have seen a lot of surgeries. I also worked on the floor just as an assistant and in some childrens homes. I just Love the idea of making people feel better. To put a smile on someones face is an amazing feeling!! I l Love children because they have not been hurt by this world yet. It is so easy for a child to smile.
4.This is hard to think of six things. I am afraid that I am not very exciting!!
I am the worst speller in the whole world. So if you ever see me spell something wrong or put a period in the wrong spot, just smile and know that I try. I was always the first child out for the spelling bee. If they ever gave a chance to opt out i was there!! I am glad i married a smart man.
5. I love Lake Powell. Maybe more then Hawaii. I grew up there. I love to water and snow ski, wake board, and go hiking. I never said that i was good at any of them. I love to be outside. Away fom phones, tv's, makeup, and mirriors. Life is great when all you have to do is put on a swimsuite everyday... Don't get me wrong I love my t.v. shows.
6. I hate to have a schedule. Maybe that is why I hate to work and why i am such a bad friend!! I love to wake up and have a whole day open to discover life. We get to pick out what we want to do. OK now that I am a mom it is not always what i want to do, but at least I do not have a boss telling me what to do. . In my house i am the boss!!! J/K
I tag Brittany Anderson, Kari Tuttle, Becky,
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
O.k... So I think Steph has tagged me, but I am not positive because I can not receive comments on my blog!! ( P.S. If anyone has any ideas of what I am doing wrong please let me know!!)
1. I could live off of SWEETS for the rest of my life!!! I can eat a meal and feel so full i might DIE but when someone puts sweets in front of me suddenly it's empty!!
2. I love being a MOM more than anything in the WHOLE WORLD!! I could lock my little family in the house forever and be happy. I have always wanted to be a mom. Somehow it is better than I had ever imagined...
3. I wanted to be a nurse. I worked in the O.R. in Highschool. I have seen a lot of surgeries. I also worked on the floor just as an assistant and in some childrens homes. I just Love the idea of making people feel better. To put a smile on someones face is an amazing feeling!! I l Love children because they have not been hurt by this world yet. It is so easy for a child to smile.
4.This is hard to think of six things. I am afraid that I am not very exciting!!
I am the worst speller in the whole world. So if you ever see me spell something wrong or put a period in the wrong spot, just smile and know that I try. I was always the first child out for the spelling bee. If they ever gave a chance to opt out i was there!! I am glad i married a smart man.
5. I love Lake Powell. Maybe more then Hawaii. I grew up there. I love to water and snow ski, wake board, and go hiking. I never said that i was good at any of them. I love to be outside. Away fom phones, tv's, makeup, and mirriors. Life is great when all you have to do is put on a swimsuite everyday... Don't get me wrong I love my t.v. shows.
6. I hate to have a schedule. Maybe that is why I hate to work and why i am such a bad friend!! I love to wake up and have a whole day open to discover life. We get to pick out what we want to do. OK now that I am a mom it is not always what i want to do, but at least I do not have a boss telling me what to do. . In my house i am the boss!!! J/K
I tag Brittany Anderson, Kari Tuttle, Becky,
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