Baby has his first poops!
Poor little dude had the IV come partially out of the vein and the fluids were just pooling under the skin in his hand. Several nurses came in to try their luck at moving the IV, first to his other hand, then both his feet. None were successful, though since his poor little veins are just too fragile and blew out when the IV fluids were administered again. Finally the charge nurse was called in and she commented that "he has some nice veins in his head", so that's where it went! He looks a little worse for wear, but I think that will be more comfortable than his big club arm which was making him upset and causing him to swing it around all the time. There's a few pieces of tape and gauze to hold it in place, which is going to be a little painful to remove from his hair!
We finally decided on name! Alexander Thomas! Nothing like a deadline to force the issue! Nurses said we needed to have it by the time we were discharged, or it's a much larger hassle to assign it later. Took us a while - we had pretty much agreed on Alex for the first name, but couldn't decide on the middle. Choices: Thomas vs Paul (Paul means "little one" which seemed fitting, but Mike liked Thomas better for the middle name, and what Mike says goes (obviously this is Mike writing right now, but I'm sure Laura would agree :-). Besides, then the option for calling him "Tommy Boy" is still open. Good timing on the email, Mr Tom Scanlan when you said "welcome Tom Meiners (hint, hint)" - with the only suggestion, you win the middle name game! :-) Sorry to the cousins Paul and Paul.
Poor little dude had the IV come partially out of the vein and the fluids were just pooling under the skin in his hand. Several nurses came in to try their luck at moving the IV, first to his other hand, then both his feet. None were successful, though since his poor little veins are just too fragile and blew out when the IV fluids were administered again. Finally the charge nurse was called in and she commented that "he has some nice veins in his head", so that's where it went! He looks a little worse for wear, but I think that will be more comfortable than his big club arm which was making him upset and causing him to swing it around all the time. There's a few pieces of tape and gauze to hold it in place, which is going to be a little painful to remove from his hair!
We finally decided on name! Alexander Thomas! Nothing like a deadline to force the issue! Nurses said we needed to have it by the time we were discharged, or it's a much larger hassle to assign it later. Took us a while - we had pretty much agreed on Alex for the first name, but couldn't decide on the middle. Choices: Thomas vs Paul (Paul means "little one" which seemed fitting, but Mike liked Thomas better for the middle name, and what Mike says goes (obviously this is Mike writing right now, but I'm sure Laura would agree :-). Besides, then the option for calling him "Tommy Boy" is still open. Good timing on the email, Mr Tom Scanlan when you said "welcome Tom Meiners (hint, hint)" - with the only suggestion, you win the middle name game! :-) Sorry to the cousins Paul and Paul.
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