Thanksgiving in the hospital

After Katie went through so much during labor and delivery, she is expected to have a lengthy recovery. We spent a total of three days in the hospital. During the first few hours of Cale's life, family members were able to meet Cale. It was a really special to see our families immediately fall in love with Cale.

On Thanksgiving morning, we noticed that Cale had some trouble catching his breath during a crying episode. We mentioned it to our nurse and was told he would be watched. During Cale's circumcision, he turned blue in the lips twice and the nurses noticed that his oxygen levels dropped slightly but would then go back up to an optimum level. After the nurses and doctors conferred with us, the decision was made to send Cale to Neonatel ICU (NICU). He would spend 48 hours in NICU. We were still able to see him and hold him and even feed him thoughout the day ... he was just being monitored and having test ran to discover what was occuring and if anything needs to be done.

On Saturday, Katie was discharged from the hospital ... but Cale was not as NICU was waiting for some test results to come back. 5 hours later Cale was released with a clean bill of health. He is a healthy boy and does not appear to have anything wrong. PRAISE THE LORD!

We are so thankful to have a healthy son. He is so much fun and we are truly blessed to have him. Thank you for all of your prayers and support. We are excited about the days ahead and the journey that we are beginning to take as a family of three!