As of this writing Luke isn’t even two days old yet, but I swear it feels like twice that long. Today was a very good day for both mom and baby. I’ll do mom first since baby got top billing last time. 
Stacie is up and moving around really well. Right now they’re saying she’ll go home tomorrow (Monday). This afternoon she ate some In-n-Out and took a shower. She also got to breast feed him for the first time, so that was special. I’ll say more about feeding in the baby’s portion. After her shower she got a good look at the staples across her wound. I offered to take a picture, but she declined. Before she heads home tomorrow they’ll take the staples out, which my mom has said doesn’t actually hurt. Otherwise she’s been walking a lot and improving wonderfully.
Baby Luke has been doing great too. This morning they took the tube out of his stomach that was sucking out the blood (vampire tube!), and they also removed the oxygen tubes from his nose. The fact that he didn’t need them anymore was very good, and as a result he was much cuter looking. He still has an IV, and they think he might be a little jaundiced, but he’s doing well. Like I said before, they started to feed him today for the first time. We did breast feeding for a while each time with varying degrees of success, and then a little formula. At first he wasn’t taking the bottle very well either, and the blood in his stomach could be making him upset, but when I left he took the entire bottle they had measured out for him. His main problem is that he falls asleep in the middle of eating. It’s like, hey dude, did you forget what you were doing? The doctor has said that if he doesn’t get enough food they’ll have to put a tube down his throat (again), but this time to send in good stuff instead of take out bad stuff. He did really well though in his last feeding, so hopefully he continues that. After his feeding I got to hold him for the first time. His cheeks are red from the tape that was holding the oxygen tubes.
It seems so easy when he just lies there and sleeps through everything. He must know it’s good for our confidence. The plan tomorrow is for Stacie to come home, but Luke could be there for another couple days. Whenever the doctor thinks he’s healthy enough to come he will. Thank you again for all the prayers and wonderful comments, we love them all. Stacie hasn’t had a chance to read any of this, but I know she’ll enjoy each one.
Until tomorrow.
