Give Me Strength

Baker had his surgery yesterday and he's doing fine. The doctor said he had some respiratory issues during the surgery so they confirmed that they were going to keep him overnight for observation. Unless you were looking in his diaper you would have no idea that he had surgery less than a day ago. He's kicking and laughing, he is such a little tiger. I'm so amazed by the strength of my little less than a year old son. Flashbacks have been very common for both Teresa and I, so it's been kind of hard reliving what we went through in the NICU. One little smile from Baker, or the cute little laugh he has though brings us back to now. We are so grateful and thankful for him, and its times like these that remind us just how grateful we are.

We share rooms here, and we are on our third roommate, the second one in a row that has had a fever and possibly infectious. I don't get who is in charge of picking our roommates but they sure have a sick since of humor. Since Baker was discharged we have been warned repeatedly to keep him away from anyone they may be sick because of RSV, which is potentially very dangerous for Baker if he should contract it. So by some sick irony, we keep getting new sick Babies that are possibly infectious – plus parents that are definitely infectious. I know that hospitals are the worst place to be if you don't want to come in contact with an illness, I mean this is where all the really sick people come – BUT you would think a little common since could be applied here. Let's see, you have to share rooms because you don't have a lot of beds. You have Post Op babies that can't transmit any bugs to other people, and you have infectious and possibly infectious babies that can transmit bugs to other people. You also have babies and children that have severely compromised immune systems, which fit into both categories. I had a chat with the Charge Nurse, that didn't get me anywhere – it was a "they" issue that was beyond her control and they were short on beds – so we just have to live with the risk. I don't get it.

Anyway so far he is doing great, and hopefully we'll be out of here today… Here are some pictures of the little man before and after…