Are We There Yet?

Little man rooting on Allison mid-feeding

Alrighty folks, I'll get the "bad" news out of the way first. Allison is still so uncomfortable with her C-Section staples that she is not too mobile. After talking with the Hospitalist today, we were offered the possibility of staying an additional night to get more rest for Allison and try and heal a bit more. We took her up on that offer and are here watching the TTech/Oklahoma game from the comfort of our hospital room with little man joining us any moment for his next feeding.

The good news? Allison is well otherwise, and little Evan is doing very well also. We decided to begin his years of emabarrassment as a Richter boy by volunteering him for the bathing class they teach every day to new parents before discharge. He did well, but it was officially his coming out party where he was naked in public for the first time. I know, all of you folks who are snickering because rowers have a reputation for being naked in public... Maybe Evan will follow in his father's footsteps (Just kidding mom, about the nudity piece, he will know how to row...). And to keep Ian happy, our nurse in here tonight, Diana, is from Cambridge, UK and she is a Cambridge Blue fan. I promised her he wouldn't row for Oxford if I had any say in it.

A couple vital stats that I didn't have the other day. The kid has a melon (36 cm circumference - for all the math geeks out there, that is 11.5 cm diameter, or for the folks who only get pop culture references... "It's like Sputnik, it is a veritable planetoid... It has it's own solar system."), so we are glad we ended up going C-Section, Allison would have been miserable for a long time to come. His abdomen was a nudge smaller at 34 cm circumference (and this has grown to 35 cm today, a strong indication that his stomach is growing), and his discharge weight for today would have been 8 lbs, 6 ounces. His bilirubin counts at this point are 11.3, well within the normal range for a 3-day old, although his skin is getting a yellowish tinge that we need to monitor. He is pretty healthy and is doing well, all in all.

He's also already cheering on his beloved Portland Trailblazers tonight. Seeing as they won by 42 over Chicago (116-74, 2nd largest win margin by the Blazers) the night he was born, I think his mojo helped. They won again last night by 21 over Sacramento (sorry Uncle Jim & Aunt Janie), and I am hoping Evan can contribute off the bench tonight against Phoenix.

Here is hoping for a good night's sleep tonight. For all of you who have dropped us a line, thank you for your well wishes and support. Allison is not feeling up to calling anyone right now, and will start to do so after we return home and get situated over the next few days. Lots of love to all from Evan, Allison, and Tim.