After I was born they took me to the nursery and they took Mommy to a post-op recovery room. In the nursery they did all sorts of tests on me, and they found out my blood sugar was really low--in the 20s when it is supposed to be in the 80s. So that's when I got my first outside food--formula from a bottle. Mommy's time in her recovery room didn't go so well either. She says she felt fine, but her blood pressure and temperature both dropped very low. Eventually we both pulled through.
Mommy and Daddy got to our hospital room a bit before I did. Mommy was very anxious to see me and kept asking the nurse where I was. Finally, they said Daddy could come down and get me and bring me back. It was so fun to finally be together again as a family!
Lots of people came to visit us while we were in the hospital. Aunt Julie was already coming into town from BYU, and was on her way to visit my parents when Mommy went into labor. She got to the hospital about the time Mommy was moving from the recovery room to our hospital room. Grandma and Grandpa Romney were also on their way down from Chino Valley. They stayed in town all week long! David, Melanie, and cousin Hailee all came to the hospital to see me as well--but Hailee was too little so she couldn't actually meet me until I went home. Aunt Carol and cousin Connor came to the hospital on my Birth day too, but Connor was also too young and couldn't come see me. On Monday, some of Mommy's friends came by too. It was a really neat new experience to meet all of these people for the first time!
Because Mommy had a lot of recovering to do too, she couldn't really get up and down the first day in the hospital. So when it came time for my first diaper chance, guess who did it? Daddy did! He had to do it while all the aunts and grandma was watching, but he did a great job and didn't seem nervous at all! He did a lot to take care of me in the hospital while Mommy still couldn't move around very much.
The first night in the hospital Grandma Romney stayed with Mommy and me while Daddy went home and got some sleep. We had a bit of a restless night because the machines that were hooked up to Mommy kept making beeping noises. And the nurses kept coming in to check on my and test my blood every few hours. It was a long night! When Daddy came back to the hospital the next day he had a big surprise for us--cookies and brownies that he had baked the night before! Mommy was so excited to eat those (she was finally off of her liquids only diet) and it was fun to share them with everyone too! I hear Daddy is an excellent baker and can't wait to try his treats firsthand someday!The second night in the hospital Daddy stayed with Mommy and me. I slept in Mommy's bed with her (even though the nurse said I wasn't supposed to) and we all slept much better! Early the next morning there was lots of noise going on as they were moving beds in one of our neighbor's rooms. Then room on the other side had a woman going into labor...and she was loud! This all passed though, and Mommy and Daddy were hoping this was the day we could all go home!
Both my doctor and Mommy's doctor said it was okay that we go home that day, but it took a long time to get discharged and finally leave. While we were waiting Mommy got up and took a shower. Daddy opened the bathroom door to talk to her for a second, and the steam from the shower set off the fire alarm in the room! We got all of that resolved, and Mommy and Daddy and I got all packed up and ready to go (Mom and Dad did most of the packing, I just sat there and looked good). Daddy even took all the bags down and loaded up the car so we really were ready. Then he put me in my car seat to try it out, and give the nurses a hint that we really wanted to go. Then we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited. Eventually we got them to discharge us, then this crazy nurse practically ran us out of the hospital. She was walking so fast, she pretty much left Mommy hobbling along in her dust. But all that mattered was that we were able to go home and I got to go outside for the first time ever!
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