Going Home

Well everyone, here is the latest and greatest on Mr. Parker. He has had a very eventful first few days of life. The afternoon he was born, we let the nurses take him for a few hours so Tim and I could get some rest. When they brought him back to us, the pediatrician came in and told us he had a heart murmur that was louder than they like to hear. For this reason they took a chest xray and then called in the neonatologist. After this, the doctors told Tim and I that they thought we needed to send him to Children's Hospital for further evaluation and an echocardiogram. So, with tears in our eyes, the special baby transport team came and got him that night and Tim followed behind.

Wednesday morning the echo was done, and that afternoon Tim met with the cardiologist and Children's. The cardiologist told Tim that Parker has what is called Pulmonary Stenosis and that it is a very mild case. Right now, we just need to monitor it, and no surgery is required. We need to bring him back in a few weeks for a follow-up, and another echo, to make sure the heart is growing properly. They kept him that night just for observation and we got him back Thursday morning.

Since then, I have been just eating up this little guy. He is so adorable and I can already see some personality in him. He definitely has an "I'm a faker" cry, and the most adorable face that goes along with it. He is a little piglet. I am not sure if he gets his hungar streak from my dad's side of the family, or from Tim. I also have seen a few little personality things in him that remind me exactly of Tim. His looks are changing little by little each day, and in true fashion, my mom and I like to sit and pick apart his features and say who we think he got them from.

As I am sitting here, I am supposed to be breast feeding, but the little guy decided that sleeping sounded like more fun, so I am just waiting for him to decide that he is actually more hungary than sleepy. We are getting ready to go home this morning and just veg out there. My mom flew in on Thursday and has already been a huge help. I think her favorite thing to do is to just sit and hold the little guy. Between Tim, my mom and I, he doesn't get much time out of someone's arms. Tim or I will try to get some more pictures of the little guy up here soon!