Another update on – you guessed it – J :-)

Posted March 25th, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

D just called me and said that J’s pneunomia is gone, and his infection count is at 0. His heart murmer has dissapeared as well.

We get to bring him home Saturday afternoon!!!

Update on J

Posted March 23rd, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

The doctors took J off of the oxygen this morning, and took his IV out. D was able to hold him for the first time this afternoon

Update on J

Posted March 22nd, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

J’s doctors increased his oxygen this moorning, and they tell us he has a touch of pneunomia. They still expect we can bring him home in four or five days however. D is continuing to recover nicely, and she should get to come home tomorrow night.

A friend at work, Ande, modified or ‘photoshopped’ this picture. Pretty funny

NOTE: Picture Missing until new gallery is functioning – B

Welcome to the Family J!!

Posted March 20th, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

Wow. Wow. Wow. Another Burns is born.

It has been an exhilarating and tiring day as I write this, so forgive the typos and lack of eloquence. Our first son, C, was born 22 months ago. I can remember that day vividly. I can still remember how excited I was when I saw him for the first time. I didn’t think it would be possible to feel that elated again. Boy, was I wrong…

J was born Saturday, March 20th 2004 at 3:42 PM. When I heard this 6lb 4oz wonder utter his first cry right after he was born, I felt it all over again. It was awesome. And when I got to hold him a few minutes later, it was enthralling. His wrinkled purply-pink face captured my eyes and I couldn’t stop staring at him. The wonder and beauty of a new life, of my son’s new life, was just as powerful with our second son as it was with the first. It is amazing – I have never had a conversation with this new little person, never hung out with him, never heard his thoughts and perspective – but I love him unconditionally and completely anyway. How cool is that?

Late Saturday J’s nurses sent him to the NICU for observation. As it turns out, J’s lungs are not quite as developed as they should be and they put him on an oxygen hood. They are going to watch him over night, and expect to keep him for the next week in the NICU, so we will not get to take him home in a few days as we expected. While that is obviously not what we wanted, we are just glad that we live in a time and country where this level of advanced medical care is available.

Although J was not due to arrive until April 15th, D has been having contractions for the last week that became much stronger over the last 72 hours. On Friday her doctor scheduled a C-Section for March 31st. However, the contractions increased enough in intensity through Saturday that he advised us to come on in today. We could not be happier with the care that the doctors and nurses are giving both D and J. We delivered our first son C at another hospital, and while their NICU took excellent care of C the three weeks he was there, they did a terrible job of managing D’s pain. D has a low pain threshold and a high medication threshold. Here I am thrilled with how well they are managing D’s pain and how they are caring for her.

You can see some pictures of the little rascal in our ALBUM here.

NOTE: Pictures missing until new gallery is up

just around the corner…

Posted March 12th, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

The doctor told D today that he is planning to bring J into the world via c-section in two weeks. We will get a firm date the week of the 15th, but we are shooting for the 20th!!

So much still to do. I hate painting

What a Miracle

Posted March 7th, 2004 by Dad | Comments Off

It has been almost two years since C entered our lives and changed them forever. It is amazing how much he has changed us.

Its funny that what I was worried about most was if I could change a diaper without vomiting on Chris. There were some close calls mind you, however – I never did. (D did have to calm him down a few times from listening to me gag loudly however) I can now change a diaper with almost no vomit or bodily fluids. Its cool.

Now – I worry about things like his learning curve, interaction with other kids, his Christianity, his wobbly walk, braces, and college. Will he do like his dad and skip college (a grave mistake), or will he do like his mom and plow through? Will he be an engineer, a pastor, a doctor, a writer, a salesman? Or will he be content greeting people at wal-mart?

Just pondering.