News
7/2/06
Greetings from Pensacola, Florida! We are staying cool by basically
doing
two things here...swimming at the pool in the morning and visiting
Mitch in
the hospital every three hours for feedings where it is nice and cool!
Mitch is doing very well! He has gained weight and is now over his
birth
weight! He is being bottle fed at each feeding at this point and is
preparing to come home. He is out of the incubator and in a "crib" now
which
means he is able to maintain his own body temperature. Now we just
have to
get those feedings all down and we are good! Mike and I can not wait
to
take his feeding tube out. It is through his nose and really does not
allow
us to see his cute face. He is so adorable and we are psyched to leave
this
hotel life. I do have to say that we are one of the lucky families as
we
have met many people whose babies are having surgery, staying in the
NICU
for 6 weeks and longer, or even worse. Mitch is doing great!!!!! Keep
him
and all the other babies in your thoughts and prayers.
Kelsey is having fun here but truly misses her home life. The first
week was
fine but now we hear her saying "I miss Fletcher and Belle and Papa and
my
swingset" or talking about her friends from the hood! She is keeping
busy in
the pool for an hour each morning and then she is knocked out for a
long
nap!!! Grandma Kelbe is keeping her busy as well while we go feed her
"brudder". She is coming to terms now with having a brother but reality
will
hit when he is released from the hospital.
We hope that you are all happy and healthy. Have a great 4th of
July!!!
Keep e-mailing us when you get the chance!
Peace out!
6/25/06
Well as you can see, there is absolutely NOTHING NEW in the lives of
the
Regans. We just sit around all day and eat bon bons.
KIDDING! We have had a very busy month of June. First of all, we
became
matched with a birth-mother three weeks ago. Her pregnancy progressed
much
quicker than we ever thought it would. She was due in August but we
were
told that she would deliver in mid to late July. She went on bedrest
three
days after we spoke with her for the first time. She was on bedrest for
almost two weeks when Mitchell decided that he wanted out of there. He
was
delivered at not quite 33 weeks and of course was placed in the NICU.
He
weighed in at 4 LBS 4.8 OZ and was 18 and 1/8 inches long. He has not
been
placed on a respirator or anything else at this point. His IV that was
hydrating him has been removed and he is ALMOST ready to begin bottle
feeding. We are not sure at this point how long we will be here.
Kelsey is
with us and so is Grandma Kelbe!! She has been a tremendous help. We
were
informed today that he will be moved to a lower risk unit
tomorrow!!!! He is
rockin and he can't wait to meet his BIG SIS, Kelsey.
Kelsey, of course, is doing great but is having a hard time adjusting to
life
with brother Mitch. She is excited but can't seem to grasp the
reality of
where he is. It was hard enough explaining to her that we were
adopting
him. But she is having a blast going swimming in the pool. She is
doing
AWESOME at swimming! She puts her entire head under water, opens her
eyes,
dog paddles. Grandma bought her some water arm floaties that work well
for
her. Tomorrow we are planning on going to the beach after a few visits
to
the NICU. Grandma is going in today to see Mitch while I hold Kelsey up
to
see him through the window as she is not allowed in there. We will keep
posting pics as we take them.
We get to hold Mitch, change his diaper, and feed him (hold him while
he is
being fed through his tube). We are so thrilled to see how well he is
doing
and can only hope that his great progress continues. We will keep you
all
posted!!!!
Love - Wendy, Mike, Kelsey, Mitchell, Fletcher and Belle too.
