Baby Christian is Home!

Just a couple days after my last post about how our kids were never going to bust out of the NICU, we were driving home Christian David Puente! It happened really quickly and kind of out of the blue, but we jumped on the chance (it felt like a prison break kind of situation with our little guy being held hostage.) It's been pure bliss to have him home for the past week. Christian eats like a champ, sleeps all the time (seriously. all the time), and is the apple of his big brothers' eyes. They love talking about "babyCHRIS-chin!" and always get big smiles on their faces when they come close to him or hold him. We have noticed that Julian is starting to lie down in his crib a little more often (he's always talking about about "Baby Christian sleeping") but other than that they seem to be taking the changes in stride.


After thinking he had a kidney infection, and a 'this' or a 'that', it turns out that all along our little Jack had a pretty nasty staph infection (ie. the hospital got him sick). It's a bit frustrating because it's kind of like taking your car in for a tune up, expecting to pick it up at the end of the day, and finding out the mechanic broke something and now needs another week to repair the damage. However, we have to remember that no system is completely perfect, and we have been so heavily dependent on medical technology over the years that it's only natural we'll get bitten by it as we have also been abundantly blessed. We're very grateful that the infection is localized, Jack is extremely healthy overall, and the doctor said they are very confident he'll be able to go home as soon as the antibiotic IV course is completed. That will be in 8 days. 8 days... 8 more days (knock on wood) feels like a very long time to have a little son in the hospital (bringing the grand total to about a month), especially with the other one home and thriving, but in the grand scheme of things 8 days is a blink. I guess you can say we're really getting an opportunity to develop patience.