Thursday, March 19, 2009

Happy Lunaversary, Monthling!

Hale turned a month old yesterday.

A MONTH!

Can't hardly believe it.

He's doing great. Weighing in at 5 and a quarter pounds.

Though: He's getting extra iron and some extra sleep, to counter a (totally normal) lag in his red blood cell count. He's a little anemic, and if he doesn't step it up a bit in the next while (like by the end of the week), they're talking about putting him on a drug that's meant to kick-start that production.

Epogen. What some Tour de France guys got kicked out for using. So, you know, that's cool. Right?

(thanks to wonderful nurse Nancy for snapping the picture!)

3 comments:

  1. What a great photo of you guys. Who the heck took it?

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  2. Asher also had "Epo"-- it was pretty uneventful. As were his three blood transfusions.... Ah, the life of a preemie.

    You all look wonderful!

    susanna (+anna+asher)

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  3. Kul shahr entum tayyibeen!!!! (ok, i got the grammar all wrong, whaddya expect i can manage this language after thirteen years?)

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