The parade of health professionals briefing us on life after NICU continued throughout the morning, and after each specialist said their part, I would turn and say to Jesher, "It's time to go home bro!" Honestly, much of the medical jargon and final reviews never made it to my frontal lobe. For four months, we [...]
Have you noticed that tubes are nature's primary vehicle for sustaining life? If you step back from observing the prominence of squares, circles, triangles, and cones, you will notice the overwhelming number of cylinder shapes we depend on daily. For example, the majority of our oxygen is produced by trees outfitted with tubular trunks and [...]
Jesher is now wearing clothes, but I don't want him to get completely comfortable in them. If his care-providers heard me say this out-loud, they would deem this statement NICU blasphemy! Wearing clothes is a significant milestone for preemies. It represents improvement, optimism, and expectation. Once in clothes, a NICU baby begins to manage their [...]
Sometimes, you get to a low place where all you can do is hum a familiar tune. On this occasion, Lhorraine and I were there. We both sat in bed staring at the slightly opened closet door in front of us. My wife's wet cheek rested against my shoulder as I turned my attention [...]
Helplessness is the most difficult aspect of watching my son. Being relegated to watching Jesher struggle, fight, breath in, breath out, struggle, fight, breath in, breath out...and knowing that I can only watch, challenges my poise like nothing else. I can't do anything! I can pray (and I am a full-time believer in the power [...]
Since becoming a dad, I've started to read the Bible differently. Please note: I take no credit for this shift. It is not a transformation that was born out of increased piety or holy petition. I have concluded that the change is a natural bi-product of evolutionary transition. Before having Jesher, I could only interpret [...]
Waiting rooms are bitter sweet places. It is a volatile space where emotions ebb and flow with the tide of oceans and the gravitational pull of the moon. Some find solace and camaraderie there. Others attempt to use the square footage to gather themselves and rediscover composure. Many avoid them all together, fearing the return [...]
It is hard to be selfish in NICU. Yes, you are highly focused on the health and improvement of your child, but you can't miss the tears flowing from the faces of other parents all around you. You can't ignore the sobs of mothers and the groans of fathers listening to the doctor give them [...]
"I don't know what happened? Yesterday we were concerned that Jesher had taken a turn for the worst and this morning we walk in and he looks better than he has ever looked." Jesher's doctor is a very animated, amiable guy. He speaks with his hands and forms his sentences with great care. He gives [...]
Jesher Gabriel London Polite was born on March 8, 2018 at 2:10pm CST. We are so happy that he is here; however, he came three months early and is experiencing multiple complications. We have been waiting on Jesher! But we won’t lie, we dreamed of a completely different arrival. Lhorraine had traveled to Nashville, TN [...]
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