Bryson Michael Barron was born last Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 8:25 AM. He weighed 4 lbs 12 oz and was 15 1/2 inches long. My Dr. wanted to take him early because we had been do ultra sounds the last month to check his growth and in 3 weeks he had grown roughly the amount that he should have grown in 3 days. So, the Dr. said that my placenta and the umbilical cord were giving out, he wanted to take him a month early to get him out and get nourishment to him on the outside world. That was Friday the 5th. He said that my C-section was scheduled for 8:00 the next morning and that I should be at the hospital at 6:00.......yeah, that was NO time to prepare. I have NEVER had a surgery in my life!!! It was a scary thing to hear that I was going to have my baby the next day, we had thought we had a month to get the rest of our things in order before he came, but I guess the Lord wanted him here now. He has been in NICU since he was born and hopefully can come home within the next week or so. When he was first born, he had a thing on his nose called a "B-pap" (I think) to keep a small amount of pressure on his little lungs to keep them inflated so they wouldn't collapse. He had that on until about 8:00 PM on the day he was born. So all he had hooked to him was the IV and the leads to the monitors, however, he was still in the incubator. They put the feeding tube in his nose on Monday and removed the IV, because he was still so small that he wasn't getting all of his feedings through the nipple. He was then moved out of the incubator into an open crib on Thursday afternoon. That was one of his goals to meet in order to come home (to keep his own temperature up without needing the assistance of the incubator). He since has been moved up from one room in the NICU to another room (he graduated last night, Friday, Sept. 12 to the "Penthouse" of the NICU). This is where the nurses say that the babies that are almost ready to go home go. The last goal he needs to meet is to eat all of his feedings through the nipple not the feeding tube......he has made big strides the last couple days, but still gets tired and every once in a while he needs to be fed through the tube. The other thing is he can't have another "apnea" (Sunday he stopped breathing for about 20 seconds). So far so good, he hasn't had another one, but every time he has an apnea, another 7 days automatically gets added to his stay in the NICU. So, please pray for our little man in hopes that he gets well enough to come home with us soon and stay home without getting sick and needing to go back to the NICU. Here are a few pics and more is to come.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Bryson Michael Barron Arrives A Little Early
Bryson Michael Barron was born last Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 8:25 AM. He weighed 4 lbs 12 oz and was 15 1/2 inches long. My Dr. wanted to take him early because we had been do ultra sounds the last month to check his growth and in 3 weeks he had grown roughly the amount that he should have grown in 3 days. So, the Dr. said that my placenta and the umbilical cord were giving out, he wanted to take him a month early to get him out and get nourishment to him on the outside world. That was Friday the 5th. He said that my C-section was scheduled for 8:00 the next morning and that I should be at the hospital at 6:00.......yeah, that was NO time to prepare. I have NEVER had a surgery in my life!!! It was a scary thing to hear that I was going to have my baby the next day, we had thought we had a month to get the rest of our things in order before he came, but I guess the Lord wanted him here now. He has been in NICU since he was born and hopefully can come home within the next week or so. When he was first born, he had a thing on his nose called a "B-pap" (I think) to keep a small amount of pressure on his little lungs to keep them inflated so they wouldn't collapse. He had that on until about 8:00 PM on the day he was born. So all he had hooked to him was the IV and the leads to the monitors, however, he was still in the incubator. They put the feeding tube in his nose on Monday and removed the IV, because he was still so small that he wasn't getting all of his feedings through the nipple. He was then moved out of the incubator into an open crib on Thursday afternoon. That was one of his goals to meet in order to come home (to keep his own temperature up without needing the assistance of the incubator). He since has been moved up from one room in the NICU to another room (he graduated last night, Friday, Sept. 12 to the "Penthouse" of the NICU). This is where the nurses say that the babies that are almost ready to go home go. The last goal he needs to meet is to eat all of his feedings through the nipple not the feeding tube......he has made big strides the last couple days, but still gets tired and every once in a while he needs to be fed through the tube. The other thing is he can't have another "apnea" (Sunday he stopped breathing for about 20 seconds). So far so good, he hasn't had another one, but every time he has an apnea, another 7 days automatically gets added to his stay in the NICU. So, please pray for our little man in hopes that he gets well enough to come home with us soon and stay home without getting sick and needing to go back to the NICU. Here are a few pics and more is to come.
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