We have not done a great job of keeping the blog updated but I’m going to claim it’s all because of three children under 4 in our home. We are actually doing extremely well and Vivek is growing like a weed. We had written earlier about how Vivek’s bilirubin was elevated when we left the hospital but after two more checks at the doctor his levels came back down quickly. He has been sleeping and eating a lot. Just this past week he started being awake a little more often but still sleeps or eats away most of his hours in a day. Of our three kids, it seems that Vivek has slept more than the other two…perhaps he is trying to catchup on lost sleep since he came about three weeks early!
Archive for February, 2009
We’re Home
04
Feb
We finally got home this afternoon three days after going into the hospital for Melissa’s early c-section. Both Melissa and Vivek are doing well. Vivek is a little jaundiced and his bilirubin levels are a little higher than normal and so we’ll need to go in for a repeat bilirubin check with his pediatrician tomorrow but other than that Vivek seems like he is doing extremely well and is adjusting to life at home. Thank you for all your prayers for us during this time. Melissa tells me that this was by far the best recovery she has had after her c-sections. We have both been extremely impressed by the excellent care we received in the L&D department at Parkland and Melissa even says that if she could do it again she would have chosen to have Karuna at Parkland when we were in Dallas before rather than the private hospital we went to before.
Introducing Vivek Joseph Philip…A Little Earlier Than Expected
04
Feb
Our third little guy decided to make an early appearance when Melissa went into labor on Sunday. Melissa woke up Sunday morning not feeling very good and thought she had caught the stomach flu because she felt sick to her stomach. We decided to not go to church that morning because she was feeling so crummy and by later that morning she began to have full strength contractions that started off about 5 minutes apart and then progressed to about three minutes apart.
