Finally.....We Meet

Tim and I finally met our newest nephew tonight. Our nephew, David Howard had surgery this past Monday. He is currently up at Doernboecher Children's Hospital in Portland. We decided to take the opportunity tonight to finally get to see him.

He really is an adorable baby. He was resting well when we got there and that was nice to see. On Monday, to correct the problems that were caused by Hershsprung Disease, the doctors removed 10 inches of his intestines. He seems to be doing really well and it looks like he will be discharged tomorrow barring any difficulties through the night. Tony, his dad, was saying that he also has some reflux issues with his kidney. They will deal with that at another time. The poor little boy has sure been through a lot in his short little life!!

I know that this has been a month of long days and short nights. It sounds like Tony and Rachel have been resting some while David has been in the hospital. There will times of adjusting for their whole family as they take him home and try to get back to a routine. Sam and Abby will also have times of adjusting to being back at home again, too.

Anyway, it sure was fun to finally see him. Hopefully next time I see him, I will actually get to hold him. I may have to fight off his grandmother....but....maybe.