We have had so much fun getting to know little R-2. He is an absolute joy and pleasure to be around. He is already very communicative on what his needs are and it makes watching after him relatively easy... at least for now!
He loves to spend time with daddy. They're already best friends. It's really awesome to see them interact together.
The first week has been hard, but not for the regular reasons. Basically, he has been an angel, but my body has experiencing some 'technical difficulties'. It started off with us realizing that he wasn't getting enough to eat and then realizing that I was producing close to no colostrum and therefore breast milk. With the help of my mom and Steve's mom, we concluded that I would pump out whatever I had in me, then supplement the rest with formula (something we wanted to completely avoid.)
Meanwhile, every day I was getting more and more swollen until by Saturday the swollenness had moved from my feet all the way up to my mid thighs and was visible in my hands and face. So, on Sunday morning we paged my OB's on call nurse and was told that we needed to go to the emergency room for the swelling.
After arriving around 10:00am I was there all day 'til around 7:30pm. I was given an abdominal ultrasound and also on my legs. Then was given a CT scan of my abdomen because my kidneys looked enlarged. Turns out there's nothing wrong with them that they can tell they're just enlarged and also the tube that leads from the kidneys to the bladder (ureter) is compressed. They said it's probably from the uterus pushing against it and that it will go away on it's own. They also prescribed me a diuretic that has not worked so far. It's supposed to be really fast acting and work like a charm, but I have yet to see any results. It's really frustrating, to say the least.
But, back to our babe, he is just so worth any discomfort I may be or have experienced. Every time I see him I am reminded how amazing life is and how much I just adore him and likewise Randall.He loves to smile. He smiles all the time! Here's a video of a 4:00am smile session from a few nights ago.
3 comments:
i love this! thank you for blogging so we can see this sweet little man as he grows! he is so precious! love the smiles. drink alot of water and rest as much as you can...the swelling should go down!
SO CUTE! What an old soul you have! Thank you for sharing your sweet little guy... and the swelling?! WHAT swelling?.... :) You poor thing, that does not look comfortable!!
Kelly, that video kills me! He is just too cute for words! I am so glad you are doing not so swell now. (hee, hee)
Love you!
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