Wednesday, January 25, 2012

No more tail

Kristian and I would always joke that the two wires that were connected to Hunter's chest and hung off his body and connected to his portable apnea monitor was his "tail". We always had to be mindful of the wires because if we pulled them loose this god-awful loud alarm would sound and scare the shit out of all of us. It made changing, feeding and just loving on Hunter more of a challenge and since we had to carry his portable monitor around with us we basically would just hang out in a small area of the living room or bedroom at all times. Hunter has only seen his own bedroom twice.

Well I'm happy to say after yesterday's doctor appointment Hunter's "tail" has been removed. After reading the print-out from the monitor which notes any breathing episodes that he may have had the doctor said he could be taken off the monitor. He didn't have any real breathing episodes, there were a few false positive alarms but nothing to worry about, which is fantastic news! Hunter is now a free man and I can't tell you how nice it's been to hold him without having to worry about his wires and be able to freely carry him around the house. So much worry and anxiety has now been lifted and our little boy is growing and thriving. He's also up to 9lbs 7ozs (holy chunky monkey!)


10 comments:

Unknown said...

Yay! Greatest news!!!!! And I get to snuggle that little fella soooo soon!

Kelsey712 said...

What awesome news!

Glad to hear that he's doing so much better :)

Heather said...

Wonderful news! I'm glad your little guy is healthy and thriving!

PattyAnn said...

It sounds like y'all are transitioning smoothly over there, good to hear! I'm glad he finally had his wires removed, I can only imagine how complicated that made things.

♥ Marcy ♥ said...

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

K said...

That's awesome! Glad he's all done with the tail!

Venassa said...

Yay that's great. And on a sad note (for me, not you) he weights almost the same as my 4 month old.

Venassa said...

Yay that's great. And on a sad note (for me, not you) he weights almost the same as my 4 month old.

AmyJean {Relentless Bride®} said...

Very very happy he has no tail!!! And wow, your wrist is gonna keep on hurtin', but its worth it to see your baby so healthy and happy! I love it! :) What a healthy little boy you have there!

Nicole-Lynn said...

Yey! That's wonderful news! :)