After a short hospital stay, a few hours of sleep, multiple visits from friends and family, two in home appoinments, one appointment at the clinic, and lots of diapers, we have reached the three week mark! As any parent can attest, these past few weeks have been chaotic. This would explain exactly why I am just now getting to a point where I am updating the blog. Here is a quick rundown of the past few weeks.
Monday, June 14th
Sarah and I have a doctors appointment to check on both Sarah and Mackenzie (Carlosa at that particular time). The doctor is concerned enough about Sarah's condition to schedule an induction for the 18th. He is not concerned enough to schedule it any sooner.
Wednesday, June 16th
Sarah calls the doctor's office to report that her symptoms are either maintaining or increasing their intensity. The doc tells Sarah to not work any more (meaning Thursday).
Thursday, June 17th
Sarah and I take the day off to kick back on our last day of just the two of us. We get the emission tested on the Mazda, go shopping, and take it easy all day. This day ends with an early bed time because. . .
Friday, June 18th
We check into the hospital at 7:30 AM. USA/Slovenia starts at 8:00. Pitocin starts at 9:00. Name decided around 11:00. No other progress all morning. Water broken at 12:30 PM. Contractions start like gangbusters immediately (every minute for a minute - hello epidural!!). Pushing starts at 4:25 PM. Baby comes at 4:57 PM. The doctors finally get Sarah's bleeding under control by 6:30 PM. Family meets baby after 7:00 PM. We change rooms at 11:00 PM. We are tired, but we have an absolutely beautiful daughter. Mackenzie Ava was seven pounds, ten ounces and 19.5 inches.
Saturday, June 19th
Mackenzie is latching on, feeding well, and looking great. She gets the thumbs up from the hospital to be discharged. Sarah does not. Some family and friends stop by to meet the little girl. We are still tired.
Sunday, June 20th
The hospital feels like Sarah is good to go home. Mackenzie says, "About time, Mom!" We get discharged around 2:00 PM. I can't believe that they are letting us take her home.
Monday, June 21st
A Kaiser NP stops by our house to check on Sarah and Mackenzie. Sarah is doing better, although she is still weak and tired. Mackenzie dropped over 9% of her body weight. At 10%, they start getting concerned. The NP, who Sarah knows, decides to come back in a couple days to check her progress and make sure she is gaining weight.
Wednesday, June 23rd
Andrea (NP) stops by again to check on Mackenzie. Mackenzie had gained 3 oz in 2 days. This is good.
Friday, June 25th
Our due date. We have a one-week-old baby girl. We are tired.
Wednesday, June 30th
Sarah is starting to have cabin fever and she is feeling better. We take a trip up to Silverthorn to wander around the outlet malls. On the way back to Denver, we take Mackenzie to the top of Loveland Pass. She is 12 days old and we had her at 12,000 feet above sea level. She is a champ.
Friday, July 2nd
Mackenzie has her 2 week appointment. She is up to 7 pounds, 12 oz (two over her birth weight). We are excited. We are also still tired.
Tuesday, July 6th
After the holiday, I have to head back to work. I don't like this. Sarah doesn't like this. Mackenzie does not like this. Why did this have to happen? After work, we were supposed to go to the Rockies game. Because the weather was looking less than favorable, we gave our tickets to two of my coworkers. They got to watch the Rockies score 9 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win the game. We were tired.
Thursday, July 8th
Sarah and Mackenzie go to a breastfeeding support group thing at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mackenzie weighs in at 8 lbs and 5 oz. The girl eats like her daddy.
Friday, July 9th
I arrive at the house after work to these words: "I CAN FIT IN NORMAL PANTS AGAIN!" Never has Sarah been more excited.
Saturday, July 10th
I mowed the lawn and Sarah took Mackenzie to Kellie O's baby shower. We are still tired, but extremely happy. This experience was nothing like we expected and a million times better.
'Til the next post,
Mikey
