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BORN 02/12/01 10:35pm LENGTH WEIGHT GRANDPARENTS |
Shortly after an unplanned C-section, Kyle rests in Shanna's arms. At this point, Kyle had been cleaned up a little and Shanna had returned to her room from the OR. |
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Still in Shanna's recovery room, Kyle has his eyes protected from infection. He is only a couple of hours old. At birth, he weighed 7 pounds, 6.4 ounces and measured 19-3/4 inches long. | ||||
| Kyle starts to open his eyes as Aunt Alana admirers her new nephew. Grandparents Butch and Linda also made the trip to Katy to welcome him to the world. |
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Just a couple hours old, the nurse who had been giving Kyle a thorough cleaning, came to Shanna's room and delivered some very unnerving news. Kyle was going to be kept in the NICU because his breathing had become very accelerated. She wanted to keep him monitored until the doctor could check him out. | ||||
| The doctor agreed that Kyle needed constant care. Kyle spent the first week of life in the NICU hooked up to various monitors. Although no one even hinted this would be life threatening, the new mom and dad were worried about their new son. |
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It would be nearly two days before we were even allowed to hold him again. Those were two of the roughest days of our lives. By this time, first-time grandparents Tommy and Sally had been in town for a day or so to see their very first grandchild. | ||||
| Once his breathing stabilized, Kyle's jaundice had become a big enough problem that he needed to be under the lights 24 hours a day. We were only able to hold him at feeding times every couple of hours. |
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Holding Daddy's finger did more to comfort Dad than son. | ||||
