Children...1...2...3...4?

I've been a bit lax on keeping everything up to date on the blog. Let me sum up the past couple of weeks.

Sleep
Mike to work
Kids to school/babysitter
Helen to hospital
Kids picked up from school/babysitter
Dinner
Rehearsal
Helen to hospital
Sleep

Do that for 2.5 weeks Monday - Saturday, substitute school and babysitter for Church on Sunday and you know what we've been up to.

We did have some issues with our nursing staff, orders not being followed, etc but all in all it went well.

And today, we brought Rian home.

He weighs in at just over 6 lbs. They gave us oxygen for him but it's suggested, not required. He's breastfeeding well and taking bottles.

He came with two monitors, one for his heart rate and the other for his breathing. But in every other respect he's a normal baby... eat, sleep, poop, repeat. We'll have more pictures of him up shortly!

In other news, Ben has been especially excited. Not because Rian came home, that was only mildly exciting and it meant he had to be quieter. He's really excited about the two loose teeth he has!

The lower front teeth.

But this causes a dilemma for us. Helen was raised with the Tooth Fairy, I was raised with the mouse. I'm sure you're all familiar with the Tooth Fairy and her grossly underpayment for teeth. Now the mouse on the other hand, instead of placing your tooth under your pillow and getting a quarter once, you place the tooth into a glass or jar of water and leave it out for a week. Each day that week the mouse will come and leave you money in the glass/cup. Each day leaving a larger and larger amount. It always starts with a few pennies and a nickel or to but on the last day includes at least one dollar bill AND change.

Over the course of the week you make out significantly better than that cheap skate penny pinching tooth fairy.

But the dilemma is... which one do we use?

This is not a bill.

Over the weekend we received a statement from the hospital, tallying Helen's six week jaunt in the hospital.

The 7 or 8 page document (I don't exactly remember) details everything that Helen was given. From the five cent stool softener to the actual delivery.

All in all, the total cost for her care was just shy of $80,000. Now keep in mind that's just Helen. That's $1,904.76 per day, $79.36 per hour. Rian's costs are approximated to be AT LEAST double Helen's daily costs and possibly upwards of $10,000 per day.

Thankfully, we're covered and SHOULD have to pay 0. Should...

Currently, Rian's been getting a little congested, so they're running some blood work to see if he's getting a cold. Which would be not good. Then starting saturday evening, he started having a couple apnea issues, particularly after feedings. So another gamut of tests are going to be done and it could be as simple as he's spitting up. So, no need to be concerned yet.

We'll keep you informed.