The Tale of Two Preemies: Fun in the Sun

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Fun in the Sun

It has been a beautiful week, weather wise. I've been trying to get the kids out to enjoy it as much as I can. I've been trying to work on building a landing and stairs so we can use the back door we put in last fall. It's kind of complicated when the only help I get is from an infant and toddler who would much rather do anything else. So I get about an hour a day to attempt to get anything done. Needless to say, I'm not very far. I had high hopes for today, but Tate only slept for about an hour and I wasted time checking my email before I headed outside.

Cole has been enjoying his yard. We are short a gate and having trouble finding that particular size gate in stock anywhere, so I can't leave him out there alone quite yet. It would be nice if he could get to the back door too. Anywho, he's really been having fun in the sandbox. The other day he carried a worm, that he found in it, around for a good hour. When it was time to come inside he put it back in the sand to go to sleep (it was already eternally sleeping at this point.) The next day he wanted his worm back, only it was dried up and he broke it in half. He spent quite a while looking for a new one, without much luck.

Big News! Tate was only up once last night. It was amazing to get more than 4 hours of sleep in one stretch! He also turned 9 months yesterday. Still no rolling. Still no teeth, but he's sitting pretty well and "talking" to me as I write.

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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.