The babies were born on 12-21-2005, which happened to be my brother's birthday! What a day! They took Baby B out first and the room was pretty quiet. However, then there was a cry and they told me all was well. Then came Baby A with a strong healthy cry. After their checks and stuff, I got to see them. Baby B had his eyes WIDE OPEN. He was taking it all in. Baby B weighed just 4lbs 4oz, while Baby A weighed in at 6lbs 1oz. They were taken to the Nursery to warm up and I was taken to recovery. I finally got to my room and they brought only Baby A in to see me. The Pediatrician arrived and said that Baby B was having a hard time staying warm and needed to go to the NICU. "Could I quick name them?", he asked. I refused to name the boys until I saw BOTH of them. Finally, they brought Baby B in to see me for a few minutes. I decided that he'd be William and Baby A would be Spencer.
William was then whisked off to the NICU while Spencer got to stay with me.
It was a crazy stay in the hospital. At first, the hospital was so crowded that I had to share a room. A little boy, visiting my 'roommate' sneezed on Spencer's basinet! I about died. Finally they apologized so much and found me a room. The next day, I was moved again, due to consolidating the nurses. I was then moved a third time. My epidural quit working on one side on day 1 too. It was very unheard of but an anesthesiolgist came in and placed a new one. Guess what? Yeah, it totally fell right out. I lived on Vicodin instead and toughed it out. OUCH.
Tom Spent a lot of time visiting William in the NICU. Due to my complications, I didn't get to go see him for awhile. When I did, I noted how SMALL he was and how wide-awake he always was. On 12-24-2005, the Pedi & OB decided to let me stay another day, since William could not yet go home. Spencer got to stay too. On Christmas morning, we were all allowed to go home with strict instructions to "Keep William warm!".
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