It’s hard to believe that you are already a year old! The past year has gone by so quickly and you have grown so much. You are such a blessing to our family and are adored and loved by all.
Since I never wrote up your birth story, I think now would be a good time to do that. Your birth was scheduled for 2:30 pm on Tuesday February 21, 2006. We had to call the hospital earlier to make sure that they weren’t too busy and we were still going to be on for that time. After a bit of a delay, we found out that it was on and headed off to the hospital. Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Ron came over to watch your brothers and sisters. We got to the hospital and got checked in. The nursed got me ready for surgery and then we headed off to the operating room. You were delivered by Dr. Illeck at 2:36 pm. You weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and was 19 3/4″ long. You would have been born earlier, but they had to wait for a pediatric doctor to arrive before delivering you. Here’s a picture of me holding you in the operating room right after you were born.
Soon after that, they moved you to the recovery room. Daddy went with you while the doctors finished the surgery on me. After that I joined you in the recovery room. Here’s a picture of you in the recovery room.
Once you and I were stable, they moved us up to our room. Look at the great view we had.
A few hours later, you had your first bath.
We found out that you had A+ blood type, which meant that you were at a high risk of ABO blood incompatibility jaundice. You did get jaundice and be treated with phototherapy. You were placed in this isolate under the lights when you were a day old.
We were discharged from the hospital when you were four days old. This was your first car ride.
The first week at home, you still had to be on the billirubin lights.
