Andrew Harrison

January 25, 2011

Andrew Harrison Swanger
1.25.11
7:55 A.M.
7 Pounds, 7 Ounces
19.5 inches long

Andrew is the icing on our cake, the perfect topping to an already perfect family.

Just like Catherine and Jack, Andrew was born via C-Section unlike the other two he gave us a little fright in the delivery room. After he was born and the nurses gave him to his daddy to hold and for me to see (as I was still on the operating table) he started what John and I thought was "talking", we laughed and said he was already trying to keep up with his older brother and sister.

He wasn't and it wasn't funny, he had apparently swallowed fluid and was grunting to get the fluids up. The nurses were fantastic, not only dealing with Andrew but also dealing with John and I, as we both were a little panicked. They called in the NICU nurse practitioner and helped him along with his breathing, after a little while they let John hold him again and I was able to hold him on the trip to our room.

Once in the room, he started again with his grunting, again the NICU nurse came in and gave him a good talking to and ran some tests. I can remember at this point asking that they call our pediatrician in as he is off on Tuesday afternoons and I wanted him to see him and not the on-call Dr., to which I was informed that he was already on his way, this made me worry and relax all at the same time. After getting a through check up by Dr. Washburn he was given the all clear, he was still grunting but all of the tests were coming back normal and his oxygen levels were great. He grunted into the night, a good 16 hours.

Since then, he's been the best boy. He eats and sleeps like champ!

His sister is in awe of him, she told everyone she saw in the hospital that Andrew was here and not in mommy's tummy. Jack, well I don't think Jack really knows what's hit him, he wasn't the baby for long but he did give Andrew big open mouth kisses on his head, which was the sweetest thing. Jack was also a hit with all the nurses on the 4th floor, he flirted and did all his tricks in true Jack fashion.