I have been unable to access my blog because of all the crazy and exciting things that have been happening. Our latest grandchild to arrive is baby Caleb. He arrived earlier this week and came early and in a big rush! He was born to R&T in Texas. Immediately after he was born he started having problems breathing. What had happened was his fast and intense delivery tore a hole in his lung. This made air enter his chest cavity and collapsed his lung. (It's called a pneumo thorax.) After attempting to aspirate the air out of his chest with a syringe, and his lung not sealing over right away, they inserted a chest tube into his chest later the day he was born. He has since been recovering from that procedure and the healing of his lung. Over these last few days he has done very well and his chest tube is out, his feeding tube is out and as of today, he was finally able to be picked up and held and nursed by his mother. (They had to keep him still to heal the tear and protect his umbilical IV) He is doing very well and they estimate he will come home on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Instead of flying on the 22nd as planned, I changed my flight and came out here to TX the day after he was born. I have been taking care of the big brothers while Mom and Dad are taking care of themselves and the baby. I will be here until next Friday. I left Grandpa at home to deal with stuff there. He wishes he was here!
In the meantime, here are some of the few pictures we have. I have only seen him once and did not have my camera with me. His Daddy took these.
These first few were taken when he still had his feeding tube and chest tube. You can see the chest tube and paraphernalia in some of the photos. The last one was taken the day he was born and before they inserted the chest tube. He is even more better, now than these photos show.
Taken the day he was born and before the chest tube. Once that was in they could remove this oxygen hood.
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