Things sure have been crazy around here! I'm doing my best not to let the little dude totally take over my world, but, he's the little DUDE and he needs Mr. Temmie and me to do everything for him. We're quite happy to oblige!
So what's been going on....
The day after my last post, Marcus had an apnea spell that required me giving him mouth to mouth, two emergency department visits, an ambulance ride to the local children's hospital and a 4 day inpatient stay. It was horrible, terrifying, absolutely the worst days ever. If you are a parent, I recommend you don't have this happen. Just sayin'...
We were discharged on Sunday 9/26 in the evening. I was supposed to go back to work the next day but thank everything holy I have the best boss. She wanted me to take the week off. I would have LOVED to, but Mr. Mortgage said I could only take 2 days off. The rest of the week I worked. =( Marcus was discharged with a PICC line and orders for 10 days of IV antibiotics. We had a homecare nurse come to the house and teach me how to push his meds. I quickly learned that if I fed Marcus WHILE pushing meds, he was too distracted by his food to notice I was holding his arm still. =)
Since then things are getting back to normal. Of course I hate to write that out for fear I will upset some cosmic balance and things will fall apart again. I was a worried new mommy before, now I'm downright paranoid. I constantly check to see if Marcus is breathing. I don't sleep for more than an hour to hour and a half at a time so I can check on him. Mr. Temmie and I are both afraid to leave Marcus in any room alone even for just a minute. We are pretty scarred by the whole event. One day I hope to relax enough to just enjoy this little guy!
Of course I won't let all this worry stop me from loving every second with Marcus. This last weekend, on 10/10/10 we had him baptized. It was the most perfect day!!! The sun was shining, we were surrounded by family and friends and a moment I thought we'd never get to have, happened. PERFECTION! The day was even complete with Marcus wearing a suit made from my wedding dress (thanks Jen for all your help on that!).
We also still have lots and lots of doctor appointments. Visits for his eyes, weight checks, immunizations, meeting with the development folks. And our latest and greatest is a GI visit due to elevated liver enzymes. Pray that turns out to be nothing please! This poor kid needs to catch a break! Although his eyes are getting better. Rather than once a week visits we get to wait a whole month before he's due for an exam. His weekly check in today has him weighing in at 8 lbs even and we get to wait 2 weeks for the next one. He did get his 4 month vaccines today ( a little late!). So far he really hasn't had a fever. He's slept a little more but that's about it. And we had our first post-placement visit with the social worker tonight. He basically sat on the couch and asked us how it's going. We told him the ups and downs but that we're in this together, all 3 of us, and we're doing alright. =)
So that's life around here. We function in three hour intervals. It's a MILLION times harder to get anything done, but we still manage eventually. Mr. Temmie and I fall more and more in love with Marcus and his big brown eyes and downy soft head every day. Oh and his new thing...smiling! Makes me swoon! =D
I'll do a "picture dump" tomorrow. For now, Marcus is eating and will then go to bed. So that's where I'm headed so I can be ready for 3 a.m. =)
