tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27057775800919992322012-02-02T03:07:50.164-06:00Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-23981436963517149452007-08-13T22:51:00.000-05:002007-08-15T00:05:41.799-05:00

So, we've all been really crazy busy lately, getting ready for Jackson to come home!There is quite a bit to be ready for, which seems odd, since he's been officially kickin' for a couple of months. We have to deep deep clean our house, cars, kids, etc. :) We have to prepare a little bit of space for him, being that a little bit of space is all that's left in our house at this point..but actually

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-65001240067827627662007-08-07T21:56:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:35:38.465-06:00

SO....Little Jackson's been doing really well! The doctor has him trying to take a bottle 3 times a day..and he's done fairly well. Sometimes he finishes the whole thing (remember, they have 30 minutes, then the remaining is put into the tube), but more often than not, he doesnt quite make it...but Im okay with that. THAT can get better. He's still not even really suppose to be able to "suck" at

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-13267879249908404792007-08-01T22:41:00.000-05:002007-08-01T23:53:06.212-05:00

It seems as if I've heard twenty plus times today, "Can you believe it's August already?" And I can't...I can't believe it's August already, I cant believe I have four kids (I'm still in shock about the 3rd one, I think?!?) and I'm just now dealing with the fact that I actually gave birth to a preemie baby...everything has been swarming around me, through my head, and by the time I contemplate

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-4214219441060208152007-07-29T21:06:00.000-05:002007-07-30T23:24:33.133-05:00

Soooo, again, I apologize for being a bad updater! It's so sweet though, because the phone calls and text messages start coming more often, and I realize how many people have been keeping up with lil Jackson! Also, for those of you who have sent comments and emails, I am printing them off and saving them for him to read when he is older, so thank you!Wow, so, a lot has happened over the past few

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-15352158707460890042007-07-24T20:27:00.000-05:002007-07-24T20:41:18.719-05:00

About to go hold Action Jackson...but so far today he has been doing pretty good...Not a whole lot to report...I hate to even say that, because EVERY time I do it seems he has something go bad the next day...The nurses say he is like that...He will go 8 hours with no issues, and then at shift change he pulls his tube out...WHICH is what he did at 6am this morning, so they had to reintibate (sp?)

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-74040982558917322532007-07-23T00:24:00.000-05:002007-07-23T00:54:34.108-05:00

Ive kind of left Jackson's status hanging the past couple of days, it's been pretty hectic and it's usually late by the time I can write much...So far nothing has shown up on the blood culture they took to test for the bacteria in his blood...so that's really good. Although they did repeat it this morning to make sure. He has now gone off of the Billie blanket he slept on and, off of the

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-11776107667647062362007-07-19T22:13:00.000-05:002007-07-19T23:04:36.713-05:00

Jackson's sick still...:(He has a bacteria in him, something that starts with an S...sorry, cant remember at this moment, but I'll get it on here soon for all the family nurses...:) (Its like "somba....something...maybe?) It's something to do with his lungs, or the mucus in his lungs...and they did another blood culture this morning to see if it's in his blood. If it is, then he's probably

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-60548968673507846252007-07-17T20:06:00.001-05:002007-07-17T20:30:25.175-05:00

So, Dr. Verma, one of the two NICU doctors at Mercy, called this morning to check in. Jackson is doing pretty good, nothing has started growing on the blood culture they sent to the lab, and it's day four, so sounds like if what he had was an infection, it must not be too bad. I think they are still going to watch to see if any thing pops up for a couple more days.He is having a hard time

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-81765732453664739732007-07-15T22:03:00.000-05:002007-07-15T22:21:10.441-05:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that Jackson is doing pretty good...his oxygen today is down to 32% and his ventilator rate is at 35. He is acting more like himself today, not quite as sleepy or lethargic, like he was yesterday.Still not quite sure about the whole infection thing, hopefully will know more from the lab tomorrow, although they like to give it 5 days or so to be conclusive. His

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-54781617497479004032007-07-14T23:46:00.000-05:002007-07-15T00:11:29.575-05:00

Well, so as I was probably WRITING my blog last night, Jackson was up in his little room in the NICU setting off alarms and keeping the nurses busy. I had JUST left him when I was writing everything last night and he had been doing so well, but he had a long rough night.The doctor called us this morning to tell us he had been D-satting all night, meaning (again I THINK) that his oxygen levels

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-53236437146337401272007-07-13T23:53:00.000-05:002007-07-14T01:19:09.282-05:00

I cant believe it's been 3 weeks since Jackson was born...but at the same time, I'm so tired, I feel like it's been that long since sleeping!So I got to cheat today and held him for 3 hours!! Mainly because they wanted to change his bed to an incubator from just the flat bed with the heater over the top. The incubator had to warm up first, which supposedly took awhile, but I think maybe Favorite

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-61735549918306072782007-07-12T00:14:00.000-05:002007-07-12T00:16:08.345-05:00

I feel like I'm leaving so much out!First of all, I was getting kinda loopy while in labor, but I wanted to say to Jessica, your names you kept reading off while hanging out in my room (and avoiding work as much as possible) are really funny looking back on it. It's a little blurry, but funny. This poor kid didn't have a name for like, 3 days! Well, that actually isn't true. When asked by the

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-85879749563143241722007-07-11T23:36:00.000-05:002007-07-11T23:44:36.098-05:00

When told I had to be induced, I asked if I could wait for a few hours...WHO DOES THAT?!? Ha, Marc and Crystal, because of course Marc would have been a couple of hours away THAT particular day. I mean, our last baby was born 1 year to the day after her brother, so does this REALLY seem so surprising? ;) Our timing is always interesting...as many of you know. I'm not going to bore everyone with a

Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16338042120206862151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705777580091999232.post-20492081085490267772007-07-09T22:12:00.000-05:002007-07-12T00:22:20.172-05:00

In January, 2007, Marc and I found that we were going to have another baby...ANOTHER baby...??? :) I wont hide that I was in a self -induced denial until about my 4th month, which coincidentally, was when trouble began. Who was pregnant? Not me!! I'm not the sickly type so much, so it was fairly easy. Just a little overwhelmed, I think...but by the beginning of the 4th month, everything was

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