Nathaniel Julian
Two and a half weeks: a few more pictures and a name.
Nathaniel had a rough second week of life, when we discovered he had a fever at 8 days old during a routine midwife appointment. We were sent to the ER, and discovered both his breathing and heartrate were too fast. Blood tests, urine sample, a chest x-ray, and he was admitted. He was given IV antibiotics, and over the course of the next 4 days had many more blood draws, two more chest x-rays, a spinal tap, an antiviral added to the IV, an ambulance transfer to Children’s Hospital in Seattle, and ultimately he recovered and we have no diagnosis. Some unidentified virus. It was traumatic for everyone (the first nights I’ve ever spent away from either of the older boys), but we’re home, he’s well, and we will all recover. And we are grateful for the amazing support and help we received from our community of friends.
Sarah said,
September 2, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
As happy as I was to see Nathaniel go home last week, I miss seeing you all. Thanks for sharing the photos. I hope to see you soon!
Grandma said,
September 3, 2009 @ 5:47 am
So glad that you are all home and back to normal, as normal as a household of now five can be. The new pictures are wonderful. See you soon.
All our love, Grandma
Anna Fowler said,
September 3, 2009 @ 6:30 am
Hi Soroos clan –
I’m so happy that you’re all back home together and healthy. The same thing happened to my neighbor with their 2nd baby, who is just 3 months older than Nick. She was at Children’s for about 5 days, also with an undiagnosed virus/fever, which scared everyone silly. She is, of coure, fine today! I love the photos of your new bigger family! Tim holding Nate – too cute! We’ll have to discuss a get together when you’re feeling up for it – the big boys will have so much fun together now.
Love from us all –
Anna and the boys
Poor GrandPa said,
September 6, 2009 @ 9:47 am
These are great pictures of Nathaniel and the whole family. We especially enjoy the pictures of Nathaniel with his brothers. Nathaniel and you all did have a rough time of it for those few days, but it is great that he recovered so fast and that you are back to normal at home.
Erin said,
September 10, 2009 @ 3:30 am
So glad he is ok! Your pictures are wonderful and you all look great!