Cole update

Cole is now on room air and is just working on his feedings. He has to take all his feedings by bottle for 48 hours and gain weight to come home. We are hoping that he will be home within the next week. Thank you all for the support and prayers in Cole's behalf, it means the world to me and Aaron that we have so many friends and family members supporting us through this.

This made my day

So they finally let us hold Cole today. We only got to hold him for 5 minutes each and only once a day but it was so amazing to finally hold him. I love him so much and its so hard to just watch him there all alone and so it was nice to be able to hold him and kiss him. Also they had a little class for the siblings of babies who are in the NICU since they can't go back and see them. They had little activities that showed what they babies slept in and how they eat with the tubes and how we scrub in before we are allowed back there. She really liked it and when we were done they gave her a goodie bag with all sorts of things in it like baby lotion and a syringe some treats and a feeding tube. They also took her picture and put into a little frame she colored for us to hang in Cole's bed.

baby cole

baby cole update

Cole arrived at 10:09 am on June 19th. He is still down in the newborn icu and will probably remain there for another couple weeks. He is having a hard time breathing but the NICU is taking such good care of him and he is starting to stablize. He is going to be receiving a blood transfusion tonight to help with his anemia. He is such a beautiful baby with a head full of dark almost black hair. Aaron and I are doing okay and can't wait until we can hold our baby, hopefully in a few days. Zoe keeps asking when she can see baby brother but they won't let her back to see him which is probably best I think all the tubes and lines would scare her. We will post pictures soon.

More Baby News

So I went to the doctor on Wed. and he scheduled me for July 2nd for the c-section which will put Cole at 36 weeks which is already pretty early but he can't go longer than that its to dangerous. But he also informed me that on my latest blood test my antibodies doubled again which have them worried because they have gone up so much in just the last 3 weeks. So on Thursday the 18th I have another test on his temporal ateriery and there is a good chance that they will be taking the baby in the next week or so. We are so glad that we have great doctors that know what they are doing but its so scary to know how dangerous this can be. You always hear about everyone else who has problems in there pregnancy but you never think it will be you ecspecially when you are so close to the end of the pregnancy. It also means we probably can't have anymore kids naturally unless we do invitro and implant an embryo that is a negative blood type like mine. It sucks having someone tell you that you have to possibly be done having kids and not being able to make that decision on your own. Wish us luck we will keep you updated.

Sooner than planned

So baby Cole will have to arrive sooner than plan. During the whole pregnancy they have been watching these antibodies that I have but they were not going up so we thought we were in the safe zone. Well last Thursday my doctor called and told me that the anitbodies had gone up and that I needed to meet with the perinatologist to have them check the baby to see if my blood cells were killing off his blood cells. The results were good he is on the lower to mid side of anemic which means that my body hasn't killed off too many yeat so he can stay a little longer but they have to recheck in 10 days, if its worse they will take him then if they are the same then they will take him about 10 days after that. They don't want me to go beyond that because he will be to far along to check. So we are so glad that he is at least getting 10 more days in there to grow and hope he can get at least 20. You never want to have to take them until they are ready but the risks are just to great. We will keep you posted.