[blparent] he's coming home!

Sat Feb 6 05:47:35 UTC 2010

One thing that I really liked about our pediatrician was that he would put
Gab in my lap to examine her.  He said this way I could be part of the exam
and know exactly what was going on.  Now this was his suggestion, as
everything was so new to me. V

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Leslie Hamric
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] he's coming home!

Hi Jessica and all. I can't believe Michael's actually here at home with us.
It's just so amazing!  We went the hospital on Wednesday night at 8 pm to
pick him up and didn't get out of there till 11 pm since it took forever to
fill out a ton of paperwork and the nurse we got didn't know how to use the
new computer system.  Oh well.  I don't have to deal with the nurses
anymore.  I had some that were really good and others who weren't as you
know.  You guys were all right about hings starting to even out once we got
home.  I'm amazed at how much more comfortable I'm feeling with things even
after 2 days.  I'm not saying it will be a walk in the park from here but at
least my confidence is starting to come back.  Andy and I took Michael to
the pediatrician this morning and he said Michael's doing great.  I really
like this doctor a lot.  The only thing he said which made no sense to me
was that if Michael ever had a fever of 100.4 for me to all 911.  That
sounded a little off to me so I asked if that was an everybody thing or
something specific to me.  The only reason he had said that was because I
don't drive and he was simply not aware of the transportation options
available to me like the dial a ride and cabs.  Once I explained what's
available, I think he felt a little better.  But yes, if it's an emergency,
I'll definitely call 911.  But other than that, my blindness wasn't an issue
with this doctor and I was happy about that.  I always make sure to mention
the resources available to me and that seems to help too.  Michael's asleep
right now bot it won't be long before he wakes up.
Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jessica Lucken
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:07 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] he's coming home!

Leslie, congrats on Michael coming home so soon!  I think most of the people
on this list gave the advice I would give, but the one thing I'll add is,
don't feel like you have to put him in fancy several piece outfits at this
stage.  Once piece pagamas with feet so you don't have to worry about socks
are just fine, that's what Owen wears at this point.  Good luck, and you'll
do great with the diapering too, just watach out for pee, it happens to all
of us! :)

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Leslie Hamric
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:43 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] he's coming home!

Hi all.  Thanks to all who responded about my sleep issue question.  I'm
feeling more confident at the moment so that's good.  So Michael's coming
home this evening after Andy gets off work!  I can't believe it!  In a way,
I'm relieved because I won't have the nurses watching over me like hawks.  I
did, however, get my favorite nurse at the hospital today and she stood back
and let me do my thing which was also good. I did another diaper change
independently and also put him in one of his new outfits independently.
We'll have to get some premie outfits for him because the ones I have are
still too big on him.  I'm also feeling every other kind of feeling in the
book from excitement to nervousness to simply anticipation of the future.
I'm actually in shock that he's coming home but am also looking forward to
it as well.  His room looks really nice too.  Well, guess I'll go enjoy my
last few hours of being by myself around here. Again, I appreciate all the
support and look forward to sharing more mommy/Michael adventures on the
list.

Leslie

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