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I’m a mom with five children. Four biological sons and one adopted daughter from Guatemala. I’m proud of all my children. They are each unique in their own special way. This brings me to my next subject – my youngest son, Joseph (he likes to be called Jay by the way). Joseph was born on March 2nd, 1995 in Greenville, South Carolina (that happens to be were we were living at the time). Joseph was a planned C-section, no problem, right? Well it didn’t turn out as planned. Oh the surgery went as planned, but after the delivery, Joseph became very ill. He turned purple, wheezing, and had trouble breathing. I only got to see him once right after he was born and then he was whisked away by a nurse. Joseph ended up in the NICU for 3 weeks, lung collapsed, tubes and monitors everywhere. Odd thing is, he was 8 1/2 pounds, the biggest sick baby in the NICU. Most of the other babies were three, four pounds tops. Joseph’s diagnosis - pneumonia. Doctors told us as he was being delivered, he inhaled amniotic fluid and instantly became ill. I visited Joseph in the NICU twice a day, morning and night. He was a tough little (guess I should say BIG compared to the preemies) guy, and a fighter, and he has never ceased to amaze us.
And this brings me to my next subject on Joseph and his sense of style and fashion design :)
Joseph, our fashionable guy, and our fighter
We never quite understood the look here. Was he torn between summer and winter? And what’s with the Michael Jackson one-handed glove look? We saved this picture and tease him to this day that over the years his girlfriends will enjoy seeing his fashion creations.
Whenever I feel down and am in need of a pick-me-up, I know just who to turn to. Makes this mama smile, everytime.
Posted by: Paula on June 30th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Tags: blogs, Greenville, Guatemala, mom bloggers, moms, NICU, South Carolina
oopsy-forgot to put in my website– ok, come by
http://www.pajamasandcoffee.com/
Hey Mary! I’ll check it out and yea, fun idea! Have a terrific 4th of July weekend with your family :)
I love those stories and those types of pics, Paula. Never knew that about Jay. Alex was in NICU too, got a fever during delivery (me too, it was freaky!). Cheers to our little guys (my blackmail pic of Alex is a naked shot of him in my biker boots at age 4).
Comment by Samantha Gianulis — July 2, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
Oh gosh, I wonder how both of you got a fever? Scary indeed. OMG, that pic of Alex must be hilarious!!
Hi Paula,
The picture is so great of Joseph, and I really like your hallway too! It really shows his adorable personallity. I can almost imagine your worry and terror in that situation when Joseph was born. My oldest got pneumonia when he was five years old, and was hospitalized for a week because it was in his blood. I slept on an aqua-marine plastic chair in his room every night, with one eye open on the machine gaging his fever and I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown.
P.S. I’m posting one tomorrow! Thanks for tagging me. Happy 4th!
Oh my goodness Loren. How scary!! My third son got pneumonia when he was 3 1/2 and was hospitalized from dehydration as well for three days – we returned home right in time for Christmas. The worrying never ends as a mom.
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Hey Paula!
Cute idea!
Am posting it now!
Stop by and check it out!
:) thanks for the tag!
mary
Comment by marymac — July 1, 2009 @ 5:00 am