Just Hangin' this Weekend

My first weekend home has been a great one. I got a sponge bath from mom and dad. Then my Grandma and Grandpa Griffin came over with my aunts Megan and Kate. They all finally got Kate to hold me. She was pretty nervous but she did a great job.

On Sunday I got to meet my great aunt Mary Kay, who made me a really cool quilt. Then my Great Grandma Griffin came over to see me.

Check out these pictures of all the weekend festivities:

http://picasaweb.google.com/colin.m.griffin/ColinSFirstBigWeekendAtHome

Stop Circumcision Now!

At the risk of telling you more than you wanted to know, I finally got circumcised yesterday. They didn't do it at the hospital because of everything I was going through, but I wish they would have gotten it over with. This picture isn't of the actual event but it conveys how it felt pretty well.

Who came up with this crazy ritual anyway?

I'm completely normal

After a long 30 hours at Primary Children's Medical Center--where they poked me, prodded me, stuck a bunch of electrodes on my head for an EEG, and even put me under for an MRI--the diagnosis is in: I have the jimmy-legs.

The pediatric neurologists say I have nothing that would indicate a problem with seizures. They even think my seizure may not have been a seizure at all, but something they call, "The Fifth Day Fits." They're kind of like those tremors most people get when they're sleeping. Anyway, they told my mom and dad to watch me, but they felt confident that they'd never have to see me around those parts again.

So, after spending 9 of my first 10 days on earth in hospitals, I'm going to take a break from that scene for awhile (hopefully 100 years or so) and start living life as a normal kid.

OK, I do have a little jaundice left, as you can see in my eyes in the photo above, but rest assured that's getting better every day.

Oh, and in other news, my "official" hospital photos have been posted if you'd like to check those out.

http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage_view.asp?URLID=7T2H9F1V2S

I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of you soon.

Homecoming

Here's a pic if me in my car seat as I headed home yesterday. Despite what it looks like, I was very excited.

Thanks to all the doctors and nurses who took great care of me in the NICU.

My first day home was great. I got to eat, sleep, fuss a little. I even managed to pee on my dad a couple times!

Today I'm going to Primary Children's Hospital to see a pediatric neurologist and get a few more precautionary tests done. Hopefully those will come back normal, just like my other tests, and I'll be able to resume my life as the healthy, happy baby boy I am!

Keep your fingers and toes crossed!

I'm Headed Home!

The results of my spinal tap came back today and those are normal too. On one hand that means they still don't know what caused my seizure. But on the other hand it means they're stopping my antibiotic treatments (and taking that nasty IV out of my scalp). Best of all, it means I get to go home tomorrow (as long as I don't do anything silly tonight, but I'm going to try really hard to be good).

Yea!

The Big Scare

Well, I put my parents through a lot of stress. Friday morning--the morning mom and dad were supposed to take me home--I had a seizure while the pediatricians were checking me out. So I've been spending the last few days in the NICU.

But I'm doing great now. I haven't had another seizure (knock on wood). All my blood tests and CAT scan results came back normal. We're just waiting for my spinal tap results. Until then, I've been eating so well that they took out my IV drip yesterday. And today my jaundice levels were low enough that they took me out from under the lights.

The doctor and nurses said that sometimes babies will have a seizure right after birth and never have any problems again for the rest of their lives. So we're hoping that's the case. But keep me in your thoughts and prayers, just in case.

If everything keeps going well and the spinal tap results come back normal I'll get to finally go home on Tuesday. I can't wait!

Anyway, while you're waiting for updates be sure to check out more photos of me here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/colin.m.griffin/ColinMiguelGriffin11507

More to come.

Here's another picture of me to tide you over until my dad can upload more stuff.

I'm here!

Colin Miguel Griffin
Born: January 15, 2007
Time: 11:31 a.m. MST
Weight: 6 lb. 10 oz.
Length: 18 inches
Cuteness: Infinite

I'm on my way.

This is me at 37 weeks and five days. Get me out of here!