Wednesday, January 14, 2009

It's been awhile!

Things have been so hectic lately that I haven't had a chance to update this for awhile! I'm sorry!! Now, for an update on Aydan. He's doing REALLY well! Saturday (the 10th), they switched his feeds to a bottle every feed. They had to supplement him a few times with the feeding tube, but overall did really well over the weekend! By Tuesday, he was off the feeding tube completely! YAY!!!!!!! He had a couple bradycardias (where his heartrate goes down) over the weekend, which pushed him back a couple days from coming home. They think the bradys could be reflux associated, so they put him in a crib where they could bring one end of the bed up and put him in a reflux sling to keep him propped up.

Tuesday he was transferred to our local hospital! Which means no more hour drives to and from the hospital every evening when Michael got off work! That was really wearing on all of us, especially Ilana who has a set bedtime of 8pm, and we weren't getting home until almost 11pm! She was such a trooper through it all, though! We couldn't have asked for a better daughter! She's absolutely in love with Aydan and wakes up in the mornings saying "I wanna go see Aydan, Mommy! I love Aydan!" :) It's just the cutest!!!

Anyway, he's now at Craven Regional, which is just 5 minutes away from us! YAY! As of right now, his date to come home (as long as he has no more bradys) is on FRIDAY!!!!!!!! WAHOO!!!! We are ecstatic! It's hard to believe that he will be one month old tomorrow! I'm SO ready to have my baby home! :) Please pray that he has no more bradys!! :)

Also, we've had some questions for what Aydan's name means because people knew we gave Ilana her name with a special meaning. Ilana (Sunshine) Eve (Life) - both biblical/hebrew names. When she was born, she was the sunshine of our life (and still is!) :). So we wanted to give Aydan a special name, too. Aydan is originally spelled Aiden, and is a biblical name spelled Eden (which obviously pairs with Ilana's middle name Eve). But due to Eden being a girl's name, the name is also spelled Aiden for boys. We wanted to choose another biblical name for our second child, so we chose Aiden, but decided to spell it Aydan, so it'd be different (because Ilana's name is different)! We chose Michael as the middle name, which is also Hebrew, and obviously is his Daddy's name! Michael was such an amazing husband throughout my pregnancy. He was with me through everything and was willing to take his annual leave to stay home and take care of Ilana and I. I just think that with him being such a big part of my pregnancy (other than the obvious) and was an awesome coach during labor, that he deserved to be a part of our son's name, too! So that's the meaning of Aydan's name! :)

Now, for some photos...




Michael and Aydan




Aydan in his reflux sling



Aydan with his blanket I made


Aydan covered up by his blanket I made him (using Daddy's cammies!)

Aydan's in a crib with the end propped up and in a reflux sling

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy 1 Month Birthday Aydan! So glad you are going home with mommy and daddy tomorrow! Praying for you!

P.S. Mommy did a great job on your blanket! I love it! Snuggle Up!

Keri said...

i am so glad things are going so well! i can't believe it's been a month already! he is a beautiful boy!!

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