The first week

The first week after giving birth to baby Luke was filled with many ups and downs. My very best friend, Chandra, happened to be in town last weekend visiting family, and was able to be at the hospital the moment Luke was born. It was so awesome! She lives in Texas and I only get to see her a few times a year so it was amazing that she was at the birth.

We were on released three days after my c-section. We were required to follow up with our pediatrician the day following our discharge to check his on his jaundice. At our appointment Luke had low body temperature so our pediatrician sent us right back to the hospital as she feared he may have had an infection. At the hospital they drew blood, started an I.V. with antibiotics, and performed a lumbar puncture to collect spinal fluid. It was awful. We were in the hospital for two days waiting on test results. Thankfully, all the labs were negative for infection and it was determined that due to being a few weeks early he was just having a hard maintaining his body temp.

Luke was released form the hospital yesterday afternoon and we are all back home as one big, happy family. Hopefully, none of our children will have to be in the hospital again. The big kids love their baby brother. They are great helpers. I think they hold Luke more than I do in a day! God has blessed our family richly and we are so very thankful for our four children.