Oh yeah! The boy is home and we are excited. Emily is a little concerned about dealing with a “preemie,” but the doctors and nurses assured us to treat him just like any other newborn.
We’ll be posting more pictures soon and we might even get some small video clips up as well.
We got word yesterday that Jaxon will be home on Friday. He’s doing really well and as long as he doesn’t have any problems between now and then, he will be ready to come home. We are excited to have our little one home! It’s as if having a new baby hasn’t been real. I’m sure it will all sink in after he wakes me up in the middle of the night 
But I am excited to start experiencing a boy and having a little more testosterone in the house. We will still be outnumbered though (still 5-2 [including the dogs]).
Thanks to all who have shared prayers for the little guy.
More good news on Jaxon! They just moved him from the NICU to the “Special Care Nursery.” They haven’t given us any timeline still, but I’m assuming that means he will be home within a few days (if not tomorrow). Yesterday, they removed the PICC line which was an IV that went down into an artery just before the heart. That was the last non-monitoring tube attached to him.
He has been eating well and Emily has been there for several feedings.
We are excited that he is doing so well and that the Lord has answered our prayers in strengthening him and helping him get healthy.
As promised, I uploaded pictures of Jaxon to the family gallery site. Click the picture to visit the gallery!
We got a great call from the NICU today. They said that they had started feeding Jaxon and that he had already eaten all the milk Emily had pumped there at the hospital. So they wanted us to bring some more milk and we could be there for the feeding.
So Emily and I went down to the hospital and had a very pleasant 45 minutes with Jaxon. He was awake most of the time and Emily was able to feed him (from a bottle of her own milk).
It was so nice to experience him awake and alert. I tried to get more pictures, but I had left the flash card for the camera in the computer. Ugh! But I do have some other pictures that I need to upload for all to see. I’ll post again when I have those uploaded.
Once again, thanks for your love and prayers.
We got some not so good news today from the neonatologist. Jaxon is doing really well, but he sometimes forgets to breath (I know… sleep apnea already). Apparently that is quite common among “early arrivals.” Their policy is to not release the baby from the NICU until the child hasn’t done that for 7 days straight. He forgot to breath at some point today and so the soonest we will have him home is a week from today.
Mommy finally got to hold little Jaxon tonight! And here’s another picture. He’s cleaned up and looking much better. I’m still planning on posting some more pictures once I get some decent ones. The camera died after just a few shots in our last visit.
Click for full size!
At 9:09 PM last night (Dec 3, 2007), Jaxon Spencer Wilson was born! He tipped the scales at 6 lbs even and 18 inches. He was almost a full month early and so his lungs were a little under-developed. He has spent some time in the NICU (and is currently still in there), but they haven’t had to place him on the ventilator so that’s a good sign and he is doing really well.
Here’s a sneak peak with more pictures to come (click for full-size).
