Ok I hope I can remember everything, but I am sure I can not. Blake was in the PICU as you know and was released that following Monday with Oxygen ( he was in there a total of one week). The doctors gave us the ok so we were able to fly to Ohio for Labor Day weekend to see my parents. He did wonderful on the plane ride. It was of course crazy because we had to get his oxygen through the airlines for the plane, have the one waiting at the airport for when we got there and so on. But he slept the whole time except to eat. The flight attendant gave him his first pair of wings....even though he is already our little angel (aaahh) Blake made many rounds visiting people. He got to see all the super State Farm employees that work with my mom and have been praying for him. My mom's office had gifts for him which were of course adorable and they got to see and hold him. He then went to meet all the wonderful people at my dad's lab who have also been praying for him. They threw us a surprise baby shower which was a lot of fun. He was a very popular man there. Thank you to everyone at State Farm and Grove City Medical Center for everything you did for us and for the wonderful presents and love you gave our little man. So we then went shopping...whoohoo at the Carter's outlet by the lab and used the gift cards we got at the shower. Wow that was fun, we got so much great stuff. My parents had to ship it back to us since we couldn't fit it all in our suitcases. lol. So that Sunday we had Blake christened at my parents church. It was really nice. Blake wore my christening gown that my mom had made for me when I was a baby. Robert wasn't too sure about putting Blake in a dress :) My grandmother got to also meet her first Great-grandchild who gave him lots of love hugs and kisses and also got to feed him. My parents also spent a lot of time with Blake. My mom sang to him and told him stories and my dad and him had starring contests. My brother and sister-in-law also got plenty of practice with him. I told them he was birth control haha. Everyone said my dad was glowing when he was around Blake...that is good. They also gave us a break a couple nights and took shifts with my brother and sister-in-law taking care of Blake throughout the night. What a blessing in disguise. We got some much needed rest. Blake went to his first fair at the Canfield Fair in Ohio where we compared his size to a thousand pound pumpkin, guess who won. All in all it was a wonderful trip. Oh before we left he weighed in at 8 lbs 12 oz.
Now when we got back to Houston he got his contacts. They showed me how to put them in and take them out. He of course hated every minute of it and wanted me to stop. I have to take them out every week, clean them and put them back in. It is a chore and takes one of us to hold his arms down and the other to put them in. And of course, I have to be the bad guy putting them in because Rob doesn't want to do it. Thanks...haha He has been seeing a lot better though. I have still caught his eyes crossing a little bit from time to time but it should start to get better.
Blake is now under the care of ECI...Early Childhood Intervention Team. They are going to visit him once a week for 30 minutes to help him work on skills that he is behind on. Since he was so premature, he is lacking some of the skills he should have, mainly his fine and gross motor skills. We are currently working on rolling over, tracking with his eyes, grasping things and responding to voices. Poor thing, we are doing so much to him: giving meds, messing with eyes to put in and take out his contacts, taping, pulling tape off and re-taping his oxygen tube to his face, putting his monitor around his chest....he has had enough and he tells us so regularly.
Thanks to hurricane Ike we had a mandatory evacuation for La Porte. We went to Kerrville and spent time with my aunt's. Thank you thank you Aunt Cindy for taking us in for a week. I know I have said it but it was very generous of you. We really appreciate all you and Uncle Robert did....and you too Aunt Jan. Blake started getting a little sick while we were there and started vomiting a lot again. He also had a slight fever. He is doing better now. He has been alert a lot more during the day and evening too. This next week he will go to see all his specialist that he didn't get to see due to the hurricane. We got very lucky with our house. All we lost was our fence. Thank you Lord. We are still however out of electricity and came home tonight and are staying at my mother-in-laws so Rob can go back to work Monday. His job has been so wonderful working with us. We were not able to come back sooner because we have to have some kind of electricity for Blake's monitors and we had to have oxygen delivered to Kerrville since we ran out. What a mess! Marie's power just came on a day or two ago so now we have a place to stay in Houston and they are starting to get stores open as well. Oh, and we also drove down to Concan to visit my family there on the Frio. If you ever go there make sure you visit Frio Dry Fifty Store and Neal's Cafe. Oh yea I almost forgot, my aunts sent Rob and I to dinner and they babysat Blake for a couple hours so we could have an evening alone. How sweet was that. Thank you!
Wow I can't believe in 6 days Blake will be 5 months old. Holy cow where has the time gone.
Oh and another update on my friend's little girl Isabelle that is still at St. David's Nicu. She is doing fantastic. She has come a long way and I believe has just been moved to a nasal cannula like what Blake is on. Her lungs have improved drastically and she is just as feisty as Blake. They are able to hold her daily now and she is growing like a weed. She is still fighting infections so please still keep them in your prayers.
Since staying at my aunt's house the last week, Blake started staying up during the evening, going to bed at around 12:30 am and sleeping till 5:30-6:00. Some nights he still does every three hours but for one period of time each night he sleeps a good bit. I just hope he continues this trend once we get back in our house. He is also holding his head up a lot better on his own. He still is a bobble head lol but he is getting better at it. We have started him with about 30 mins of tummy time in the evenings for him to work on his head, rolling over and other motor skills. He hates it. Of course spoiled man wants to be held. Rob and I have to go clean the house and remove debris tomorrow while Marie babysits.
Once I can charge my camera, I will download pictures. We tried to weigh him on the scale of our own the other night and he was somewhere in between 9-10 lbs. We will see this week when he goes to the doc.
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