Sunday, February 17, 2008

Kavi's First Posting






So first, the history:

Soooo, yeah. This happened totally unexpectedly! Here’s the play-by-play:


1. Nisha went to San Antonio this past weekend (Saturday, Feb 9) to visit her sister and get stuff from her for the baby. No biggie, right?


2. Sunday morning, Nisha starts bleeding! So, she gets rushed to the hospital her brother in law works at (He's a doctor).


3. They said her water broke and since they were doing a check up, they induced her contractions...thus, they said she'll have to deliver. Ummmmmm....HOLY CRAP!!!


4. They put her on Magnesium to slow down the contractions, and gave her steroid shots to speed up the baby's lung development. Pump! You Up!


5. The steroids take 48 hours, and then after that, they take her off of the Magnesium to see if she can have normal slow contractions on her own, so that the baby can stay in longer. Yay! Smiles! Maybe he’ll make it to term!


BUT THEN....


The Maternal Fetal specialist came in on Tuesday to check up on Nisha. (suspense)


6. With his sonogram, he found that Nisha's water did not break, that the bleeding was really from an abruption in the placenta. Oh. An abruption in the placenta means that it disconnected from the uterine wall, rendering it pretty much useless. Because of this, he said that the placenta at this stage wasn't really doing the baby much good, so he needs to come out NOW. NO QUESTION. 


7. So, at 30 weeks almost at 31, the baby would not be able to handle a vaginal birth, so they have to get him by C-section.


8. On Tuesday, Feb 12, 9:48 am, Kavi Patel Rahman was born. His name is pronounced KUH-vee, almost like "cubby". He was 2 pounds, 10 ounces. Tiny little guy. But he looks strong! Because of the steroid shots for the lung development, he didn't need a ventilator!


9. Nisha is discharged, and is staying in San Antonio the whole time. Kavi has to be in the NICU for 6 weeks.


And now some qualitative info:


-This hospital has the best NICU care in all of Texas – many patients are flown in to this hospital (Christus Santa Rosa)


-In the pictures, you’ll see something up his nose – that’s not a ventilator, it’s an oxygen thing that helps/teaches him how to breathe. His lungs are developed, but the dude’s still learning how to use them. 


-He’s got a tube in his mouth that goes to his tummy – that pumps in nutrients...


-Kavi had a milestone today, he ate and pooped, for the first time, and had mother’s milk. This is huge! We know input and output works well!


-He cries when he takes a bath, and he is LOUD, and CONTINUOUS, which means, awesome lungs. I know this great development will deprive me of sleep. 


-Even though he is still doped up on Magnesium from Mom, they said that he is feisty (makes sense, given how big of a spaz both of his parents are!)


-He was crying and stopped when I started talking to him, so he knows my voice. I think I bored him because I started talking about Kung-Fu.


-He’s definitely got Nisha’s nose and fingers. He can pick his friends, and he can pick his nose....(old SNL joke)


-He created his own Kung-Fu fist: Half Panther, Half Dragon – kid’s a Kung-Fu genius! I never thought of combining them! Yes, I will be an insane father.


Kavi and Nisha are both doing really well considering the intense circumstances they’ve been through. But, we Patel/Rahman’s aren’t known to be weaklings! Please wish them well, and we expect them both to be back in Austin in 6 weeks. In the meantime, I’m putting quite a bit of mileage on Nisha’s Golf going to and fro San Antonio. That rhymed. I’m excited for yall to meet Kavi!


Nisha's going to be slow to respond to any communications, but she will read everything. If you want to snail mail her, she'll be at her parents.

3 comments:

Cassie said...

Oh my gosh! Such a cutie! And so early! That must have been pretty tense for awhile. I'm so glad that everyone is doing ok now. I'll be keeping you, Nisha and Kavi is my thoughts! Congratulations Dad!

Gabe said...

Boo Yah! You Big Bad Kung Fu Daddy! Hope momma's doin well.

Jessica said...

Congratulations to you guys! =] I know this message is a little bit late, but I'm so happy that Mom & baby are healthy and well =]