The Tale of Two Preemies: You Know You Are Getting Older When...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

You Know You Are Getting Older When...

You start subscribing to a daily newspaper because you are more interested in what's going on in the world instead of who won the basketball game Friday night.
You are more anxious to GIVE Christmas gifts than you are to receive them.
You have no idea what to put on your own Christmas list because it's either a) too expensive or b) you already bought it.
You wear a hat in winter because it's cold out, and you don't care how stupid you look.
You wonder how girls get into those skinny jeans and why they want to.
Your husband goes to do the doctor, willingly, twice, in December because you've already met your deductible for the year.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: i love this post, becky! i can relate to all of them, too! :)

andrea; 12/22/2008 6:30 PM

Cole's Story

Cole was born at 30 weeks 3 days, much to our surprise, in 2006. I went in to the hospital because I wasn't feeling well and was afraid I'd get dehydrated. I ended up being air lifted to a larger hospital where Cole was born 24 hours later. He weighed in at 4 lbs. 2 oz. and was 17" long. He had some developmental delays, mostly due to acid reflux. He also had positional plagiocephaly and was in a remolding helmet for 6 weeks. At 14 months he underwent a cardiac catheter procedure to close his PDA. At 25 months he tripped getting out of his kiddie pool and broke his femur. He was in a cast from his hips to his toes for 4 long weeks. He also broke his shoulder at age 5 1/2. His latest medical drama has been a cyst in his left ear. He's had his adenoids removed and another surgery to remove the cyst. He'll have a second surgery in August. He's been through the ringer, but you'd never know it. He just rolls with the punches. He's 100% farm boy. He wants to know how everything works and why. He loves the farm. Farming is definitely in his blood.

Tate's Story

Tate was born at 34 weeks 2 days in 2008. Since I had a previous premature delivery, I was on high alert for another one. It didn't help. We had ultrasound after ultrasound and everything looked great. Tate, however, was not patient. I was admitted to the hospital with preterm labor. He held off for a couple of days, but was still born early. He weighed 5 and a half pounds and was 19" long. Fortunately he had no problems and was released from the hospital 3 days after he was born. He was born the middle child. He desperately wants to do what his big brother does, but has his own interests and wants Cole do to those with him. He's my trouble-maker, fit-thrower, and snuggle bug.