Wednesday, February 29, 2012

He's finally here!!


William Byron Secor was born Feb. 7th 2012. He weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 22 inches long.
This was by far the easiest labor and delivery. I was induced at 8 AM, got an epidural around 10:30 AM and two pushes later William was born at 12:15 PM. My recovery was a lot easier this time around as well. The day after I had him, Thomas and I took a long walk around the entire hospital. Everything seemed to be going way too smoothly so I knew something was coming. William had Jaundice which wasn't a big deal (Lincoln had it too) but the Doctor was starting to get concerned that his Jaundice wasn't going away after the normal first week of life. I am happy to report that after 3 weeks of yellow skin, an at home tanning bed, and lots and lots of heal pricks as of yesterday his Jaundice is finally under control.
During one of our Doctor visits for the Jaundice our Doctor was checking out William and found an irregularity with his skull. The next day we found ourselves at Primary Childrens Hospital with our week and a half year old baby getting a CT scan. They found out that he has Sagittal Craniosynostosis. Basically the top plates of his skull have already fused together where they're not supposed to. If this problem went unfixed it could produce pressure on the brain resulting in vision and mental problems among other things. We met with the skull specialist yesterday and we have surgery scheduled for April 18th. They will have to cut out a 2 in. X 5-6 in. portion of his skull and he will have to wear a helmet for 10-12 months. This has been completely unexpected and kind of scary but we feel that it is necessary and William will be in the absolute best care.
Besides the medical scares William has been the best baby! He only cries when he is hungry or needs to burp. We've nicknamed him Will the Chill which basically sums up his sweet personality. We are so excited for William to finally join our family and we are already so in love with him!!!








7 comments:

michelle m said...

Praying for you! :)

Courtney Brasher said...

He is so sweet! I am so glad to hear your labor went well but will keep little Will in my prayers. Poor little guy. Best wishes and you all look so Happy! Love ya!
Court

Anonymous said...

He is so cute! Love him already. We will be praying for his surgery to go smoothly.

Adrienne said...

cute blog. didn't know you had a blog.

And good luck to little will the chill. I've heard of kids that had to have that happen and always seems to go well. and they do make such cute helmets that babies always look so cute in.

congrats!

Brittny said...

William is darling!! I can't believe how awesome your delivery was!! We will be keeping all of you in our prayers, especially Will and the doctors.

keatseatsblog said...

congratulations!! You all look so happy :) Keeping little Will in our prayers!

stian said...

I love him! Can't wait to see you all!!