Below are more photos from Easton's 1st day of life - these were taken in the Special Care Nursery, where Easton has stayed due to an infection & high fever that he had at birth. I also had the same fever, so it is assumed that the fever came from either my water breaking & the long labor, or a late infection of Group B Strep. We'll know more details either Thurs night/Fri morning when the blood work results come back.
Before you get too worried - he is doing great, they are just monitoring him closely for the first 48 hours to administer antibiotics/fluids and ensure that his temp/infection does not worsen. We are sad that he cannot be in the room with us, be we are encouraged to visit often. I've even tried to breastfeed him a couple of times (no luck so far, but we are sticking with it!) As long as he becomes 100% healthy, that's all we really care about. The nurses love him and everyone comments on what a big & mild-mannered baby we have.
Easton with his nurse, who is explaining the tubes & monitoring to me
A close-up of our little man - who is not "so" little! He's almost too big for the crib/warmer :-)
My first time holding our precious son!!!
3 comments:
Oh my goodness - so precious! Your pics brought tears to my eyes! It's nothing sweeter than seeing a mommy and daddy with their baby for the first time!
We'll be praying for regular temps and great news from the bloodwork. It's good to read such a positive post, even though things aren't going exactly as planned! He sure does look like a healthy baby! And it sounds as if Easton is already a "Ladies Man" in the Special Care Nursery! Looks like you're going to have your hands full!
He is just so beautiful!
And Keely, you look lovely too.
You will have big muscles from carrying Easton!!!!
I love that last picture!
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