Visitors

Micah has had lots of visitors, but these are the only pictures I have gotten.

Meeting Great Grandma Speicher for the first time.

Meeting Maycee for the first time.

Meeting Aunt Renee for the first time.

Our First Day Home

Collin spent the night at Grandma's house the night that we got home, so she brought him in the next morning. He was so happy and excited to be home and see Micah.

He wanted to hold him right away.

He had to have a bottle, so Mike was feeding him.
Collin wanted to help.

I was so happy to be home with my "big boy".

He wanted to take his nap with his baby brother too!

Kendra came home from school, and got her cuddle time with Micah too.

SVT and WPW

This is a link to a story about SVT and WPW, the things that Micah has been diagnosed with. Explains it really well.
http://www.childrensomaha.org/body.cfm?id=1963

Micah's First Days (Day 12)

We got to go home! They did not discharge us until 4:30 that afternoon, so it was a long trip home, but we were so happy to be on our way!

He had to do a 90 minute "carseat trend", meaning that they had to watch and monitor his oxygen levels, etc. for 90 minutes to make sure he could handle riding in his carseat for 90 minutes at a time.

He did good, but got hungry while he was in it.
The pacifier helped!

All ready to go home.

Riding peacefully.

When we got home, we had the wonderful surprise of a cleaned, decorated house with gifts on the table! Thank you for those responsible for that. :)

Micah's First Days (Days 7-11)

Day 7- They decided to back off on Micah's heart medicine a bit, because it was making part of the beat rest too long. They were still feeding him through the feeding tube because he was losing weight.
Day 8- Micah's billiruben levels were a little high, but they chose to just monitor it, as it wasn't anything to worry about too much yet. He was still losing weight. We were able to put him in his own clothes, and he looked so cute!
Day 9- Micah didn't lose as much weight as before. He was more alert and eating better.
Day 10- The feeding tube came out! Micah's billiruben levels were down. He lost his umbilical cord. I got the first picture with his eyes open.
Day 11- They said we would be able to go home the next day most likely. I have to admit, I was skeptical. They had said that we may be able to go home twice before this.

Micah's First Days (Day 6)

They took out his feeding tube that morning, only to have to put it back in because he was getting low on fluids and not eating very good. They put a holter monitor on him so that they could closely monitor his heart for 24 hours. It was kind of a rough day, because it seemed like we were taking steps back that day.

We give him 2 feedings of Similac Neosure formula a day to help him grow.

Micah's First Days (Day 4 & 5)

Collin went home on Sunday right before lunch with Grandma and Papa Bley. Kendra stayed an extra day and went home on Monday with Grandma Margaret.

Happy big sister and brother.

Collin telling Micah good-bye one last time.

After they left, we ordered lunch and had it outside on the rooftop garden. Kendra wanted her picture taken by the pond.

Mike read a story to Kendra in the NICU.

On Monday, they got him moved into a crib from the incubator....a step in the right direction! Also, his heart rate went down around 9:30 in the morning with a new medicine! We went out for lunch at Applebee's and did a little shopping. It was so good to get out for a little bit. Kendra gave him the stuffed Tigger above his crib. They also took out his IV tube that night.

Daddy watching Micah in his crib.