First Week At Home

Youngest Family Member (Part 2)

Youngest Family Member (Part 1)

After 7 years, Jerry and I decided to make a go for another baby. Our 2 sons Matthew and Kyle were already 10 and 7 respectively. As God would have it, we were blessed with our 3rd boy soon enough. In fact, too soon that the baby was born 5 weeks short or 35 weeks into the pregnancy. The reason for the early delivery was a condition where my amniotic fluid was found inadequate and the obstetricians were saying that the baby's chances for survival were better outside of my womb. On March 11, 2004, the baby was delivered via Caesarean section.

We were praying for the best but feared the worst. At birth, the baby was so tiny and weighed only 2 lbs. and 11 oz. However, miracle of miracles, the doctors said he was already 37 weeks or full-term. He was alert and fed regularly. Dr. Serafica said they now call him "Grower". At the time of his discharge, he already weighed about 3 lbs.

The pictures of the baby in the NICU were taken using a camphone (N7650)....


Most recent comments... (In posting order)
oh my god, 2 lbs. 11 oz.? that's just about 1.5 kg? jake is a miracle child! you are truly blessed to have him!
Thu 15-Jul-2004 08:00
Posted by:ruth

Ruth:
Yes indeed! We thank HIM no end for the great gift of life.

Jake is growing up really well now...
Fri 16-Jul-2004 01:06
Posted by:Linnor

Happy New Year
For more pictures from Christmas 2003, click here

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!



Oh I'm so delinquent in updating my blog... Is being 25 weeks pregnant excuse enough? *bats eyelashes*



So sorry to all those who kept on checking for news only to find old posts. I guess my brother felt sorry for me that he acted as a ghost blogger for that Nov. 25 pic/entry. Thanks bro! Thanks too to all you dearies who left warm greetings on my tagboard... (Aw, Din & AnP, I failed to meet you guys... Darn. Vacation's too short.)



If you haven't scratched me from your list yet and still might have an iota of interest about what's been happening, please visit our fotopages at http://gratitude.fotopages.com/. Shhh... it's so much faster to host pics there. So its easy for me to update....

The Grand Reunion (Part 3)