Is it Possible to Make a Real Hybrid?

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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 mama and ship her off to her room whereby I am now delusional and my new  nurse started to look at my pain med pump, grabbed another nurse, and said “she hasn’t received any pain medications”.   OOPS!  Because I am allergic to morphine, the epidural was without any pain blockers, just enough to numb me.   I expected pain but not fever induced  insanity, 2 hours of shakes and chills, and the feeling that I had been ripped open and left a carcus in recovery.  In my mind…all I wanted to do was see these little guys and I couldn’t.  But, I have to tell you that the sound of them screaming with their big strong lungs was the best moment of my life and seeing them before they were taken to NICU – I was pleasantly suprised by their size, length and weights – I expected the wrinkly sort of rat-like resemblance that many preemies have and these guys had fat cheeks and michelan-man legs and arms.  Our family and friends who have seen them all say the same thing…they are small but they don’t look too different that a full-term baby. 

Here are some more pics. 

My Mom holding her first grandchild – Gerrit – named after her father and my gramps and then a pic of my parents taking turns holding each baby. 

Austin (right above – also answers to the name Lowrider) and Gerrit (left above – also answers to the name Chili) have very different physical appearances, temperaments, and even blood types.  Austin look like his daddy and even has the same furrowed brow – how does a kid already have a permanent wrinkle at less than 24 hours of age?  He is a bit more feisty, has his father’s blood type, and moves a lot!   I just noticed in the above pic – is he flipping us off? Gerrit is a bit more laid back and likes to be all stretched out, has more charateristics of me and my fam and has my blood type.  Only some more time can tell us if a successful marriage of Mexican and Dutch can generate a true hybrid cross or if each child genetic wiring makes them resitant to cross-combination.  Whatever!  These are some cute kids, I mean, they are really cute!  They are quite the flirts of the NICU!

Noel decided to change his first diaper on Gerrit and Gerrit pulled a few suprises on him when he decided to poop like a playdough fun factory and then pee on him…Welcome to Fatherhood!  We have been able to partcipate in their bottle feedings and changing their diapers and we read to them.  I am still at the hospital for a couple more days and then pretty much set up our camp at NICU – we are anxiously awating the day when they can both see each other again in the NICU crib.  Noel has brought blankets from the their  little dome home for the dogs and both Otis and Maslow were jumping and sniffing and wagging tails – I can’t wait for fur kids and human kids to have their first introductions in person.

We have also had our share of grieving along with celebrating – Eli will never be forgotten and Grandpa plans to plant a very gorgeous flowering tree in our yard for Eli so that his brothers can climb and be close to him.  I brought my beautiful wrap that Lynn so graciously made for me – I love it Lynn and it was the perfect item for me to bring to the hospital.  This photo does not do the colors or pattern justice – I will try to get a better pic of it later when I can see real natural light again.  It is warm and soft with gorgeous shades of green, golds, and teal/tourqoise.  I will treasure it always.

 

 

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