X-tra! X-tra! 5 Months old! 151 Days in the NICU! Transfer to Mt. Washington! Homecoming Soon!
Xerxes turned Five Months Old Yesterday!!
And So much has been happening!!!
A week ago Sunday Xerxes was moved to Satellite Care! It's a different room from where he's been his whole life (except for surgery), and was a major step to going home.
Five days later, he leaves the NICU after 151 days total! He was transferred to Mt. Washington last Friday! They made an announcement over the loud speaker the night before and the morning of so all his girlfriends nurses could come to say goodbye.
He was a bit freaked at first after getting to his new digs, but intensely curious, and settled in pretty well, with Mommy and Daddy's help.
But then the big shocker: They said he was probably going home in Two Weeks!
This was great news for all to hear! (I heard the Ravens celebrated by stomping the Redskins...) A great deal scary, considering how much work there is still to do on the house, but wonderful nonetheless! We are so proud of him! He looks so good now that he's recovered from his surgery.
Oh, and at last check, he was 8 lbs 12 oz. and 22 inches long!
And Now, Pictures!
1. The funniest X-face, EVAR!, Satellite, 12/3(?)/2008
2. Relieving Tummy pressure with the G-tube, early AM, 12/7/2008
3. X shortly after his transfer to Mt. Washington, 12/5/2008
4. All tucked in (with matching G'ragon binky!), early AM, 12/7/2008
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In other news:
The meniscal tear in my left knee from two years ago is worse;I've been walking with a cane lately, and will probably need surgery.
I had the extreme pleasure and honor of performing the Gnostic Mass with Dora, the High Priestess of Tahuti Lodge at William Blake Lodge's Mass-a-thon this Saturday, and it went very well indeed.
Happy Birthday to asphyxi8ing !
Happy Birthday to Thomas!
And So much has been happening!!!
A week ago Sunday Xerxes was moved to Satellite Care! It's a different room from where he's been his whole life (except for surgery), and was a major step to going home.
Five days later, he leaves the NICU after 151 days total! He was transferred to Mt. Washington last Friday! They made an announcement over the loud speaker the night before and the morning of so all his girlfriends nurses could come to say goodbye.
He was a bit freaked at first after getting to his new digs, but intensely curious, and settled in pretty well, with Mommy and Daddy's help.
But then the big shocker: They said he was probably going home in Two Weeks!
This was great news for all to hear! (I heard the Ravens celebrated by stomping the Redskins...) A great deal scary, considering how much work there is still to do on the house, but wonderful nonetheless! We are so proud of him! He looks so good now that he's recovered from his surgery.
Oh, and at last check, he was 8 lbs 12 oz. and 22 inches long!
And Now, Pictures!
1. The funniest X-face, EVAR!, Satellite, 12/3(?)/2008
2. Relieving Tummy pressure with the G-tube, early AM, 12/7/2008
3. X shortly after his transfer to Mt. Washington, 12/5/2008
4. All tucked in (with matching G'ragon binky!), early AM, 12/7/2008
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In other news:
The meniscal tear in my left knee from two years ago is worse;I've been walking with a cane lately, and will probably need surgery.
I had the extreme pleasure and honor of performing the Gnostic Mass with Dora, the High Priestess of Tahuti Lodge at William Blake Lodge's Mass-a-thon this Saturday, and it went very well indeed.
Happy Birthday to asphyxi8ing !
Happy Birthday to Thomas!