Alexander and Jordan
Year 1 Week 23
This has been a very weird
week for me. That baby that I saw in the hospital with mom came home with
us!! I have no idea why they would want to bring him home. All he
does is lie there, eat and cry. I try to offer him my ball (see
the video) and he just drops it. That keep saying he is my brother
(whatever that is) but they will not let me take him or hold him. If he is
mine how come I can't have him? I do have to admit that he is kind of
cute. He is just boring. -- Alexander
Whoa, what a change the
outside world is. Now I have to breathe, eat, stay warm, sleep in a crib
and all kinds of other new things. I kept hearing how my parents would
never have another baby if I was as fussy as my big brother Alexander was, so I
am being very good. I do not want to be youngest, so I am on my best
behavior. When I am awake I look around peacefully. I fall asleep
easily. I would consider myself to be an easy baby. I did give my
parents a little bit of a scare though. About a month ago the OB doctor
noticed an irregular heart rate. I got a fetal echo (an ultrasound of my
heart), and the cardiologist thought she saw a coarctation which is a narrowing
of the main artery. My dad knew that it was hard to diagnosis prenatally,
so he did not worry. My mom got very upset at the thought that I might
need heart surgery when I was born. We weren't sure about the diagnosis,
so they did not tell other people so as not to worry them. A second echo a
week later showed that it probably was not a coarctation. The final echo
the day after I was born showed that I have a completely normal heart. My
parents were very happy. -- Jordan
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