Thanksgiving

We had a pretty crazy weekend... Bode threw up Wednesday afternoon and I was really worried, but it was just one feeding and he was able to keep things down after that. Thursday he was kinda fussy and still throwing up on occasion. Friday morning we saw his pediatrician and he got circumsized. OUCH! I asked him about the throw up and he said it was fine and just baby stuff. Bode has not been gaining as much weight as he should so the Ped told us to feed him more. He had a horrible night Wednesday and Thursday, which isn't normal for him. He usually sleeps 4 to 5 hours at a time during the night. Later Friday afternoon Bode kept throwing up all his feeds. He was very fussy and you could tell he was uncomfortable all day. I have never heard him cry so much. Around 9 pm after he had thrown up all over pretty much everything in the house I called the pediatrician after hour office. I told them he wasn't able to keep anything down and wanted to bring him in. After putting me on hold forever they came back and said that much throw up was not normal and it might be a complication from his surgery and to take him to the ER at Primary Children's hospital right away. After a bunch of tears and a quick blessing from Clint and the neighbor we headed to the ER. A few xrays later, along with blood tests and 6 hours of waiting, we found out he was allergic to formula. We fed him tiny amounts of pedialyte every 20 min for an hour and he was able to keep that down. We got home around 4 am and fed him another 2 oz of Pedialyte and he was able to hold milk down the feeding after that. I ran out of my frozen milk from when he was in the NICU and not eating on Wednesday and that is when I started supplementing with formula. After a few days of that his tummy couldn't keep down anything. God must have known I was about to lose it because I somehow produced enough milk for him all day long Saturday. I am back down now, but he is able to keep down our mixture of half breast milk and half Soy milk just fine. I am so thanful it was not anything more serious. I thought for sure my strong baby was finally hitting levels of milk his intestines could not tolerate after doing so good for so long. I have never had such an emotional month in my entire life. Bode will be 5 weeks old tomorrow! These are a few of the many things I am thankful for: -My sister Kelli. Without her phone calls and text messages I would have lost it by now for sure. She was there when I needed someone the most. She will never know how much she has helped me the past month. -My husband Clint. It's amazing how much having a baby and scary things have brought us closer together. He manages to hold it together when I am a ball of tears. -Hospitals with Drs who can figure out what's wrong. -Medical technology these days. Bode would have died had he been born in another time. -Bode. He is such a strong little baby. It amazes me what he is able to endure and still be happy. I feel lucky to be his mom. -Insurance. You'd be shocked to see all our medical bills. We hit the deductables and max out of pockets on both policies we have Bode on within 3 days after his birth. -Friends and church friends. I love all my blogging friends and the support I get from them! -Family who are always calling to check up on me, Clint, and Bode. It's so nice to know that they are so concerned for my little family. -Sleep. Although I need way more these days than I get. -God. I know it's only by his loving hand that Bode is here with us today. He really does hear all our prayers and answer them. There are so many other things to list, but this is getting way too long already. Here are a few cute pictures.