Noah Adley Ellerbrook was born on December 2, 2008. He weighed 7 lb, 9 oz and was 19.5 inches long. In the first hour after he was born, his blood sugar dropped. They got it back up within the normal range and we were able to go home from the hospital the next day.
Within 24 hours of being home, he was very jittery again (a sign of low blood sugar)--so we took him to the dr. After testing his blood sugar and jaundice levels, they wanted him back in the hospital. So we spent another 4 days in the hospital trying to get his blood sugar levels up and keeping them up (which happened the first night we were there) and getting his jaundice levels down (which is what took 4 days). While he was back in the hospital, Benjamin got strep throat and proceeded to share it with Lou, Madilyn, and Jacob. I was the only one that did not get it (at least that week). I have never been more overwhelmed in my life--being in the hospital with a sick newborn, having three sick kids who needed their mommy (but mommy couldn't be there because she was at the hospital), and having a sick husband who couldn't be much help because he felt so bad and was trying to keep from giving it to me or the baby. Good thing parents and grandparents came to our rescue!!
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