And here I thought having a fifth baby would be easy street.For those just joining the blog, Luke is our fifth baby (my sixth pregnancy) who arrived at 36 weeks 3 days at an itty bitty 3lbs. 9oz. - all due to growth restriction in utero.  He had some defects right out of the gate, but all were complicated by a really nasty intestinal infection, necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC for short.  He had 16cm of his small intestine removed during an ...

Luke is still recovering today and all seems to be falling in place. After a rough night of pain and an awful morning, we got his pain management under control with a new drug in the epidural, he received blood and plasma, oxygen, new leads for his apnea and heart rate monitors, cleaned his face with a sponge, antibiotics and visits from several nurses and doctors. K said he was sleeping about 10 pm and she was about to do the same. Continue ...

Wow!  Master Luke turned four months old, officially, today.  I'll give you the full update on him tomorrow after we visit the pediatrician.  Scott and the kids have a day off and we are enjoying every minute!!

And just like that, another life heads home.  I got the call from my parents this morning that Granny Mary (my paternal grandmother whom I wrote about here last week), passed away at 8:15am.  She always loved church and it seems appropriate that she headed to God's house bright and early on a Sunday morning.  Right on time.  We knew it was coming.  But saying that final goodbye...nothing ever really prepares the heart for that.I am ever more thankful that I ...

I'd really like to vent for a moment.Having a child in the NICU sucks eggs.  It's hard on your heart, your health and your sanity.  But you know what stinks even more?  Dealing with the insurance company.  Doesn't matter which one, they're all in the same boat.I've found more mistakes on our EOBs (explanation of benefits), been charged for things that didn't happen, double charged for things that did, told things were denied and made to believe that some things ...

I've often said, "Oh, I will never do X."  Only to be shamed into actually doing it and hearing an 'I told you so.'  Funny haha.This weekend John Paul's teachers asked us to send in a photo of our child's baptism.  That scavenger hunt led me down memory lane and I saw just how much Scott and I have aged (I mean, learned) in the last 9 years.  My my, I could so write that book just on this topic ...