The Tale of Two Preemies: Almost Over

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Almost Over

Only 3 hours remain until this horrid week is over. It started out ok, but has continually gotten worse. Tuesday I ended up with a migraine. Thursday I took Tate to the doctor, and if you read my previous post, you know that didn't go wonderfully. I also left my new migraine prescription in my shopping cart, luckily it was recovered and turned out to be the old prescription, not the new one. Anywho, I got home to find that Pat wasn't feeling well. Bad enough to go to the doctor the next day. Turns out he's probably dehydrated, something I've been telling him for a long time, that he needs to drink more water, less pop and beer. Friday went along without any major catastrophes, but today was the bottom. As the boys and I were finishing our chores this morning, we went to check on Benny and our birds and give Benny some more mineral oil to help him poop. Turned out the treatment was a day late and a dollar short. Poor Coley just doesn't understand and kept wanting to check on Benny "cuz he was sleeping". Try explaining to a 3 year old that his goat won't wake up. I was about in tears. It broke my heart trying to explain it to him. He loved chasing Benny around the goose pen. We are on the hunt for a new goat. I have one that I'm working on. Hopefully we can replace him soon. Talk about feeling like crappy mom of the year. I just killed my kids' birthday present! Ugh. Thank goodness this week is almost over!

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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.