New Baby ... New Vocabulary!

It's a Beautiful Baby Boy! Jace Augustus Sundloff
He is so perfect and HEALTHY! I am only posting a couple of pics for now, although I have literally hundreds. He was born at 8:13 am on April 18 weighing 8 lbs 6 ounces and 20.5 inches.


I can't believe he is already nine days old and I am just posting about him. In fact today is his actual due date. I am glad I am to this point though and not just tarted the whole journey. Truly it has been a rough week and that is an understatement. If nothing else my vocabulary has been broadened by the whole experience.
Do you know what these words mean?
Uterine Artery
Hermatocrit
Hematoma
Angiogram
Percocet
I unwillingly found out what each of them mean throughout the day on Sat.
To make a long story short, the doctors clipped a uterine artery while performing Jace's C-section, and a hematoma (internal bleeding) began, they thought they had it stopped and stitched up so they closed the C-section. So after enjoying my new baby for a couple hours and enduring incredible stomach pain, incredibly horrific stomach pain, I kept getting worse and worse: temp. dropping, vitals declining, and all that fun stuff. At 6pm they took my hermatocrit (is the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells) which had gone down 5 points since surgery to 24. So they took me in for an Angiogram (test to see if there is internal bleeding). During this procedure they found the point of blood leaking and sealed it up. How fun right?
So after 5 units of blood, countless needle pokes and prods, tons tests ran, I was finally discharged on Tues., but still in tons of pain. Yes Percocet (Pain killer -I love You!) I really didn't need the pain killer until I came home and had to take care of three little boys instead of just one. Special Thanks and shout out to my mother-in-law for taking such good care of the boys during the whole ordeal. And also a special thank you to everyone for all your prayers, thoughts, calls, and emails. I am trying to get back to everyone.
I really am doing so much better, it is crazy because I didn't realize how awful I felt until slowly each day I am feeling better and better. And during the whole experience Jace has been an ANGEL, his only issue was a semi-elevated billi-rubin (jaundice) which going down now.
You'd think after having two C-sections I would've learned some of this vocabulary, three times a charm.
Big Brothers are the best. This is what makes it all worth it! I love my BOYS!!!


It is also my anniversary today! It has been 8 wonderful years since we took the plunge! I love you sweetie, Happy Anniversary! Like he'll ever log onto read this, but just in case!