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Mattias is off of oxygen now and his mother and I were actually able to hold him today. Unfortunately, he's not able to keep breastmilk or formula down at the moment, so they're feeding him via IV for the time being but are hopeful he'll take to real "food" soon.
Otherwise he's doing really well and we're looking forward to bringing him home on Friday.
In the meantime, I've uploaded all the pictures (and a video. I decided to give my camera's video feature a try) to here:
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We didn't want to get him hooked on a pacifier, but with him away from his mother for the early hours and him not able to feed normally, the nurses didn't have much of a choice. Unfortunate, but not the end of the world and it does make for a cute video.
If any Buffistas have a IMDB pro membership could you ping me?
(My step-mother needs to reach her cousin for a family matter. She is away from home and does not have her address book. Said cousin is an actor. I'm trying to find who his Agent is so we can leave a ms. with the agent)
Thanks!
E and I are on our way to the hospital now, and will be mostly offline until the Littlest Alter makes his appearance into the world.
But because I am just that kind of giant nerd, I will probably be posting (or making E post for me) updates on Twitter anyway:
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The first blurry cameraphone baby pics will be posted to Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alterjess/) as soon as we take some.
And if you have my cell #, you can call and talk to either me or E or my sister, or my voicemail, depending on how in labor I am and who happens to be holding my phone at the time.
Long story short - every single pregnant woman in Brooklyn today went into labor, and there were no beds available for induction patients. We waited 8 hours at the hospital for a room to open up, and eventually came home. Will be going back to try again tomorrow.
We're at the hospital and Jess has been admitted to a room this time. Contractions have begun on their own. More info to come!
Travel-ma for an old kitty, please? Legion is wheels-up from Athens. It will be a long flight for him, with a couple transfers, so please think good thoughts about him making his connections and doing well on the flight.
I think he's achieved true diplocat status - the Ambassador mentioned Legion's departure at the embassy senior staff meeting.
Some decision-ma would not go amiss today.
I am going to be doing an improv show in Boston (Cambridge, actually) the evening of Sunday, June 24th. I'll be in town on Saturday and would love to hang out.
I'm about to go out of town for something else and won't be reachable until next Wedndeday (June 20). At that point I'll scramble around getting in touch with y'all!
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Trudy
Maybe they'll get a chance to come by when they get a break (sometime in the next 15 years), but a little birdie in Bitches linked to a pic of Jessica and her new son.
Fait accompli!
