This week has been a fun time to record some of our memories of the boys' first days. But David hasn't always been as relaxed as he is shown in today's picture.
As I've said, the boys were 6 1/2 weeks early. While most of a baby's development is complete around that time, the lungs are the last to fully develop. The doctors were concerned about the boys' lung capacity and functioning, so they gave me a steroid shot while the boys were still inside, hoping that would help boost their last bit of development. Apparently, Tyler (who was stretched out with his head below my pelvis and feet under my heart) got it all. David (curled up in a bowling ball by Tyler's feet) didn't get the boost he needed. After 30 minutes in the delivery room with at least 15 members of hospital personnel, the boys were on their way to the nursery with feeding tubes in place. Tyler was having none of that, and at a feisty 4 lb 12 oz, had pulled his out within an hour. David, at 5 lb 4 oz, was doing fine, but the doctors decided to send him up to the NICU for a bit to see if they could get his lungs functioning at 100%. Yeah, he didn't really like all that poking and prodding. Within 24 hours, he had pulled out his IVs and tubes so many times that they had him in a tshirt that was pinned down to the mattress and on a morphine drip to keep him calm. It didn't take long for all the NICU doctors and nurses to learn his name! We were afraid of what might be to come!
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