Coming at you from our new home – the NICU. We have set up a pretty good camp here – dualing wireless laptops and rockers between one isolette (herein referred to as a dome home) and one crib. Not only are we functionning wireless, but our boy Gerrit has decided to move from cords to [...]
Entries from November 2006
November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving
Price of a hospital cafeteria Thanksgiving Day Feast – $5.50
Price of a hospital parking day pass – $2.00
Price of the tire that was replaced yesterday after a construction rod drilled into the van tire - $200
Price of our second vehicle being hit on the way to the hospital after a visit home to let the dogs [...]
November 20, 2006
Is it Possible to Make a Real Hybrid?
I’m back in action now that my 104 degree temperature went down and I got some pain meds after 5 hours of telling the recovery room nurses that “this pump must be a placebo or something because I feel like someone slit me with a really sharp ginso knife!.” Let’s get rid of the drama [...]
November 18, 2006
BOYS ARRIVAL
Hello all!!! Well, they are finally here with us and what a wonderful gift. Gerrit Nikolaas and Austin Noel arrived yesterday, November 17, 2006 at 9:36 a.m. Kristi is recovering fine now after a rough start. She won’t tell you this so I will, there was a “technician error” yesterday and essentially Kristi was on [...]
November 14, 2006
As Spent as a Salmon After Spawning…..
Larger salmon, such as sockeye and Chinook, may travel more than 1,600 kilometres upstream, pushing against rapid water, leaping over waterfalls, climbing fish ladders. Predators, both human and animal, line the route. Fish that succeed in reaching their spawning grounds are often torn and battered. But the courting process begins, sometimes with a few one-year-old [...]
November 10, 2006
Overstimulated, Cinched, Bionic, and Overextended
First, I know all of you are waiting with the anticipation of who won the “Sticker on their Nugget Face-off”.
Most of you voted for Team Malsow and I gotta say I was in that camp as well with her 3 day plus sticker-a-thon just a week ago but to my surprise:
Team Otis won! Congrats and [...]
November 6, 2006
Passing the Time Contest #2
Many of you may remember “Passing the Time Contest #1 – How Long can Birdie Balance a Pretzel on her Head?” Let me introduce Contest #2 – “Who can Keep the Sticker on their Noodle the Longest?” My fam has done this game since I was a kid with my childhood dog and we all [...]
November 4, 2006
Two 4.0 Students
Second Bio-Physical Test (BPT) and two perfect scores! Lowrider had hiccups again for half the observation but he practiced his breathing when he was down to the wire and passed with flying colors – Chili remains the overachiever and practiced his breathing way over the threshold needed. Both showed controlled movements and placentas are still rockin’. [...]
