Baby Brother

It was another quiet day today. Julie's dad drove her to a doctor's appointment this morning. She saw a cardiologist about her continuing high blood pressure. Now she has an echocardiogram scheduled for the 16th, and the doctor wants to wait and see how she does on the medication she's taking, which he says is the "baby dose." If it's not enough, she may need to consider moving to stronger medicine, but for right now the doctor doesn't seem to think it's a crisis.

Both Cate and Sam are very interested in their baby brother. They love to hold him, with the help of the Boppy or "Breast Friend." They are very gentle and sweet with him and make quite a picture stroking his hair and giving him kisses. He's starting to stay awake a bit more. To Julie's dismay, he decided to spend a couple of wakeful hours in the middle of the night last night.

Sam had a good nap this afternoon, but it just gave him energy to resist going to sleep tonight. Two hours after bedtime, when Ed walked in to check on him, he was sitting up tailor fashion and cheerfully said, "Hi, Dad!" I on the other hand fell asleep on the couch in the middle of a conversation.
Ken says it's raining in south Texas and supposed to rain harder tomorrow. He got a letter today from the insurance company refusing to pay the hospital bill, so he started making phone calls. We assume it's all a paperwork mixup, but it's still aggravating to have to deal with so many insurance problems.