First day home.
After a very tiring day at the hospital we finally got discharged. Only real long term issue is now the tailbone thing. Nurse wasn’t too technical with us but there is a clump of nerves/blood vessels/tendons/pulleys/etc etc.. at the base of the spine. They saw something a little goofy when checking him out and want to schedule an MRI at a later date to make sure it isn’t serious. If there is something wrong a quick procedure can fix it. If it doesn’t get fixed then it’ll hurt his posture and mobility a little bit when he gets older and starts to move around. Considering how calmly that was relayed to us it sounds pretty straightforward. But it may be nothing so no worries yet.
On the home front side, it is taking some effort to make Shannon realize that when it is my turn to deal with Colin she needs to focus on resting up and not hovering. Not sure if that is nervousness or just plain fear that my having testicles means I am going to mess things up. Going to give her a chance to calm down about it before I start really calling her on it. The three hour feeding schedule is going to suck but I think once we find our rhythm we should be alright. I say this after Colin just woke up screaming since halfway through his sleep cycle he had a massive dirty diaper. Need to figure out a way to encourage him to take care of that when he is awake.
Paperwork side of things is going along ok. Figured out how to get him added to Shannon’s insurance eventually so when it is time we can hit the ground running about that one. Next up is trying to get a college fund started. That is going to be a pain in the ass since all the documentation reads like a car manual. In theory it is straight forward but they can’t just say “Give us money for 18 years and we’ll give you 4 yours of college.” with out making it into a 4 page disclaimer.
Had a scary call from b-mom this morning. She is resting up from the cesarian and had some tearing and leakage. At first I panicked and didn’t realize it was a little tearing and not a full blown tear. My inner vision in my mind was that she was having her “stuff” poking out of the wound. (Stuff being the non-medical term for her bits since I have no idea what a cesarian really is beyond that it is an alternate way to get a kid out of a uterus.) Was so glad to hear that it wasn’t as bad as I thought but it goes to show how I need to think before I react.
It is kinda odd to figure out what our relationship is going to be with b-mom and b-dad now. You have everyone else telling you their opinion on how we should interact. We need to make sure to tune those external people out and only listen to the 5 people involved. Myself, Shannon, B-mom, B-dad and eventually Colin. Anyone else’s opinion needs to be ignored. I’ll probably try and give them a call next week to see how they are doing. Hopefully there is no awkwardness or if there is it wears off quickly.