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Day 2

Evan is officially one and a half days old. He’s been doing what I imagine most babies do for the first few days, sleep. His blood sugar was bouncing all over the place but that has stabilized. We’re trying to get him to eat on his own so that he does not need the feeding tube but it’s proving difficult with the people in the NICU shoveling 30mL of food into him every 3hrs like it’s Thanksgiving dinner, it’s no wonder that he’s not hungry. The surgery is scheduled for next Thursday, until then he’ll be monitored in the NICU. Sarah has been discharged from the hospital but has one more night in a ‘nesting room.’ After that we will go back to the hotel here in Ann Arbor at least in theory. I doubt we’ll spend much time there, we just won’t have a room in the hospital.

Here are several pictures from the last couple days…

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5 responses to “Day 2”

  1. jennifer Avatar
    jennifer

    Is he wearing baby scrubs? He is so cute have lots of fun we are praying everything goes well in the weeks to come. Is Sarah breast feeding? Anything you guys need let us know

    1. William Avatar

      It’s a baby kimono type thing that we found at a store here in Ann Arbor called Elephant Ears. We wanted something that he could wear that still allowed all his probes and cables to go through and this fit the bill quite nicely. Sarah has tried to breast feed several times but Evan has not taken to it yet. I know he will, it will just take some time. Anything that she pumps we add to his formula. He took one bottle but other than that he’s been completely uninterested so they have been feeding him through a tube (the one in his nose that you see in the pictures).

  2. Lea Avatar
    Lea

    He’s beautiful Billy. Congratulations!

  3. Kay Ferenz (Nancy's Neighbor) Avatar
    Kay Ferenz (Nancy’s Neighbor)

    Congratulations!!! He is the most BEAUTIFUL baby! We are praying daily for his successful surgery and also for his Mommy and Daddy and the rest of his family!

  4. Alica Cummings Avatar
    Alica Cummings

    He is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations Sarah and Bill. I’m so proud of you Sarah . . . you have been a trooper through everything and I know you will be a wonderful momma to little Evan. This little guy is going to bring a lot of joy into both of your lives. Hugs!

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