AH>           When Nora & I returned home, after her birth, a public health
AH> nurse
AH> visited us once a week... ostensibly to weigh the baby.  She seemed to
AH> regard
AH> inspecting me & my housekeeping as her chief responsibility, however.  On
AH> one
AH> occasion, for example, she went to the kitchen to wash her hands although
AH> the
AH> bathroom was closer.  Then another nurse took her place.  This nurse was
AH> very
AH> different.  She said I had a wonderful rapport with Nora, i.e. the first
AH> nice
AH> thing anybody had said about my parenting.  I reckon she must have given
AH> me a
AH> passing grade because we heard nothing more for the next fifteen years. 
AH> :-))

Our son was born slightly over one month premature.  This was due to the extra
fluid that was accumulating due to him not being able to injest the amniotic
fluid.  This is how they believe he had a condition called "duodenal atresia"
where a small section between the stomach and small intestine is
closed/blocked.  

He had an operation a day after birth to correct that problem.  

He spend 30 days in the NICU after birth.  We had to fight to get him to come
home - finally just going in and taking him.  They were concerned about his
breathing / O2 level at the time.  We had to take all this equipment home with
us for the first week, but he ended up being fine.  

He is doing just wonderful.  Once we get through this Hirshprungs operation,
he will be in great shape.  We meet with the surgeon on October 25th.  Not
sure when the operation will be yet.  We are not looking forward to it, but it
just needs to be done.  The risk level is low and the reward is great for him.

We will be very happy when we are past that hurdle..

- Mark


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