Flu shots, a blood transfusion and a broken toe

First the weekend...

Ted and Connie (affectionately referred to as Granny and Poppie) came down Friday night to see Mr. Tennyson and brought us a beautiful dresser and cradle that was Tyler's when he was little for Tennyson to sleep in when we get home from Freeman.

I think they were both surprised with how much he'd grown and changed in the last three weeks. He's not much longer but he's sure filling out which is great.

Saturday morning mom (Mary Jo) and Ryan came down to see Mr. Tennyson and Ryan told dad he'd sure grown since he'd last seen him. Dad asked me last night when we were going to bring Tennyson up to see him as he's been harvesting the past few weekends and hasn't been able to get down here.

Saturday afternoon after his feeding and a lunch at the IHOP, the six of us headed to Target...here's my soapbox, take it as you'd like. Just in case you're considering registering for anything at Target here's a word of caution for you. You are allowed two returns per year (which is tracked by your drivers license) so be sure you are sure you have everything you want to return together before you go. This wasn't so bad, I had expected this, however, your return can only equal up to twenty dollars if you do not have the receipt. Mind you at the baby shower we received many gift receipts however there were a few of the gifts that did not have the receipts on them. We were able to contact people who had given us things and got receipts from them and were able to return some of our duplicate items but just be warned.

So anyways off the soapbox now, with the returns and the money that was collected for us by the Stanberry Christian Church (they adopted us for the month of November) we were able to get Tennyson's room completed and purchase necessities like a stoller and carseat. So I think now we're all set and I have to say this little guy and Trav and I are so blessed, more than we ever could have imagined. So we put the room all together, I got all his little blankets, clothing, etc. all washed up, sorted and put away yesterday so now all we're needing is Tennyson..

Anyway, as for the stats, last week we started the nursing portion which is impossible to track in comparison to the bottled version however he was always following with a bottle so we thought all was going well. On Friday night however he had lost an ounce and Saturday night lost .2 ounces which I know doesn't sound like much but to these kids it is...Jeanne the nurse practitioner said if he wasn't able to maintain his own weight or increase his urine output they may have to put his NG tube back in and gavage feed him as maybe he's telling us this is too hard and we're wearing him out.

Sunday we headed to CCO for the 9:45 service which as always was wonderful. Lynn spoke on Whatever happened to...(the series name) INTEGRITY! It was great and very convicting. From there we headed in for Tennyson's 11am feeding, went to lunch with mom and Ryan and picked up some photos for Ryan at Walgreens. They then headed home and Travis and I got to work on some things at the house.

We loaded some boxes and a table we had set out up into the attic, I washed, folded, hung and sorted all of Tennyson's clothing, blankets, bibs, etc. and we loaded up three huge trash sacks of things for Goodwill which we dropped off this morning so things at our house are starting to come together. After we got everything up into the attic, we noticed we forgot Travis' sound system which is sitting behind the couch and in the way...as I was unloading and reloading the washer and dryer I headed to our bedroom where I had sorted Tenny's things on our bed and smashed right into it with the last two toes on my left foot, breaking the one next to the pinky. So that was wonderful...it's still hurting horribly, is deformed and very bruised today but what are you going to do. Hopefully I'll get it straightened back out tonight so I can one day again wear flip flops.

Tennyson did wonderfully with his feeding last night and all through the night with no desats and eating well. He weighed in last night at 5lbs. 11.7 ounces so we gained some last night. They were also concerned this morning as when they ran his CBC last night his hematocrit levels were lower than they want so there's talk of another blood transfusion in the near future but we'll see what happens.

This morning after dropping everything off at Goodwill I headed to Health Essentials as they were giving flu shots there today to get mine (on top of the broken toe) and Travis got his on his lunch break as we were ordered to by Dr. Porte, the neonatologist.

This morning Tennyson nursed at 8 and 11:30 with no bottle follow up and he did great both times so that's another plus.

So all in all, things here are going well...with a few minor mishaps along the way but it wouldn't be life without them.

Other than that is was a wonderful weekend and we're so blessed you're joining us, know that you're loved and appreciated more than we can say.

Our hearts are yours...

Rejoicing in the Risen-
Travis, Lindsay and Tennyson Myers