Proof!
(Just found out yesterday!)
― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)
When are you due? My wife is due with out little one in mid-April.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)
(btw, congrats Andy!)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)
*huffs*
Anyway, happy happy joy joy, rah to you both! :-) So my sense is this was a surprise to both of you?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)
Signed,
Father O'Two-l ;)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)
Is it hard to learn Estonian? I think T\'\'t should be the godfather and raise the young one in the ways of the Baltic.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)
8-0
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 12 February 2004 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 12 February 2004 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Gale, Thursday, 12 February 2004 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mellow Dee (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)
(would it be totally gay to start a baby group on ilx? seems like there are enough of us)
― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 12 February 2004 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 12 February 2004 08:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 12 February 2004 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Thursday, 12 February 2004 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 12 February 2004 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nutty Nigel (Nutty Nigel), Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)
Did they give you one of those weird "baby's first picture" cards for the printout?
No. We won't even know if it's male or female for another few weeks.
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2004 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 12 February 2004 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)
Call it the Prince symbol in the interim.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 February 2004 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 12 February 2004 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)
I thought that was living in peace and contemplation with your surroundings. Plus some good pizza.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 12 February 2004 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)
(This was finally decided the other day while watching the fetal monitor reading. We called him Adrian, and he responded with a strong physical action of some sort.)
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 01:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)
You didn't say "Yo Adrian!"?
― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)
*merry*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)
I must now return to not sleeping. Much more to follow.
(Picture taken by Uncle [that's brother to me] David. Gent holding him his Grandpa K. Short on uploadable pics and time at the moment.)
― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 August 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 August 2004 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 12 August 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 12 August 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.globalhermit.com/ilx/mc-shortpants.jpg
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 12 August 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 August 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 12 August 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 12 August 2004 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 August 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 August 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Friday, 13 August 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 13 August 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)
AiNYC: You've lost much sleep/You've lost much brainpower/You've got a very good excuse. (Also, I was growing a beard in solidarity but I must retire it now.)
Sean: Actually I'm hoping to re-create the covers of Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses. (I know I know, what father hasn't done exactly that, etc.)
Must now feed cats and get back to hospital. We should all be back home early tomorrow morning.
― Andy K (Andy K), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― mike a, Friday, 13 August 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)
Ronan to thread for the Omnipotent Baby remix!
― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)
The sleep thing isn't as bad as it seems. I'm sure your little sprog will be sleeping through the night in no time. We're teething over here, brotherman, and lemme tell ya....I haven't heard this much screaming since "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Good luck and job well done!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Saturday, 14 August 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 14 August 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)
Hopefully this won't get too long and scrambled... Everything went according to plan until the pushing part. Four hours of pushing didn't result in much progress. Jodee was dealing with back labor and Adrian's head was stuck at an odd angle. We made the decision to have a c-section before it turned into an emergency (it was reassuring to find out later that Jodee could've pushed forever with no result... a c-section was one of her worst fears). The cut they had to make on her was longer and lower than usual. (The worst and best things I have ever witnessed happened at the same time: seeing my wife's insides splayed on her body and seeing our boy for the first time.) She lost a good deal of blood and had to have two transfusions. Thankfully she's recovering well and Adrian's in ideal health.
Photos of Adrian
(I'd post some of them here but the original source files would display and they are massively huge.)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)
The pics with mom are sweet. :-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)
A few days after coming home from delivering my baby, I started feeling really bad pain on my right side. It got so bad that I could barely walk. My doctor advised me to go into the ER on Wednesday and I was there for 12 hours undergoing every sort of test before they decided to admit me that night. (During this time I was unable to eat or drink anything or even take pain medication.) I had to fight with the hospital to keep my baby with me so I could continue to breast-feed. Fortunately my doctor intervened and they were able to find a private room for me (on the oncology ward of all places.)
I was in the hospital for days before they finally determined that I had a large mass of fluid in my side. On Friday, I underwent a procedure which entailed them using a CT scan to measure where the mass was, and they used a large needle to drain out most of it. (During this procedure I had to remain completely still which was hard, especially when I felt that needle!) It turns out it was blood left over from C-section. It had started an internal infection and my white blood cell count was very high, as was my temperature.
They made me stay in the hospital through Sunday so I could get IV antiobiotics and monitor me until the fever broke and my white blood cell count started to improve.
I am thankfully now back at home, although I still have a cathether in my side to drain the excess blood. I hope to have that removed on Thursday. I am feeling a lot better, but I have to tell you, those five days in the hospital were pure torture. I just wanted to be back at home with my newborn, and there were so many things I went through. Ugh. Needless to say, name a body orifice, and I had something stuck there. My arms look like Courtney Love's from all the IVs and twice-daily blood tests.
Anyway, I just wanted to post as I am now mostly recuperating on the couch and not on the computer much. I hope to be back in the saddle soon.
Obviously I'll be very very happy if Jodee never again goes through something 1/100th as intense/painful/dramatic. I felt like I was losing my mind at least a couple times (felt as if my limbs were shaking uncontrollably but looked down and was awestruck to be perfectly still, etc.) I don't know how anyone can maintain their sanity while watching her/his loved one go through a more trying experience.
Adrian got us through it. I'll tell him some day about how brave and strong his mother was, and how hard she fought for him.
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)
p.s. Adrian and His Cheeks needs to be your Moodymann-style pseudonym pronto.
p.p.s. I quoted you in the Chicago Reader!
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)
Adrian sure is a cutie.
Here's hoping Jodee heals just fine. It should get easier from here on out. Babies get easier and more fun as they grow.
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)
Best phrase ever.
gosh, rereading that makes me worry I look like I'm making light of what happened--I'm totally not. that's some serious stuff and Jodee obviously handled it extraordinarily well, as did you. blah blah well-wishes pumping-fist-hoorays blah.
No, no, any and all humor is appreciated -- with the exception of the Bush/Cheney '04 sign that my (otherwise extremely helpful and kind) sister-in-law planted on our front lawn before we returned home Sunday. I wish I had time to hatch my revenge scheme: The placement of many signs reading, "KKK rally this way --->" across a five-mile radius from her home and then placement of a sign reading, "YES, THE KKK RALLY IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW" in her front lawn.
Matos: Apologies for not responding to your email. I haven't been able to dig through my inbox. Thanks for the quote!
And thank you, Maria D. We're loving the little one more and more with each passing minute (yes, even when he's all gaseous and grimace-faced).
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.globalhermit.com/ilx/sleep-dogg.jpg
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)
Ned, the Prince show was a couple months back.
― Andy K (Andy K), Monday, 30 August 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)
*views photos*
VERY cool. :-) And hey, now at long last we know what you look like! ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 August 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Monday, 30 August 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Monday, 30 August 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)
He smiles a lot.
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 11:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 11:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― m. (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)
but you gots a cute kid
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)
(My advice to you, Jesus, is to have them one at a time.)
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Huk-L, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.globalhermit.com/ilx/sean-penn.gif
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)
Maria -- the shirt's from Old Navy.
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.jodeeandy.com/ajk/050115.jpg
― Andy K. (ADK), Monday, 6 June 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 June 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)
― Andy K. (ADK), Monday, 6 June 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 6 June 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)
― gem (trisk), Monday, 6 June 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)
― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Monday, 6 June 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 6 June 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)
He and the cat, Milo, are best friends. Milo doesn't take any shit from anyone else when it comes to tugging on his hair or being a little aggressive. With Adrian, he'll just sit there and lap up any attention. Casper, our other cat, is protective of him but otherwise seemingly indifferent.
― Andy K. (ADK), Monday, 6 June 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 June 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)
― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Monday, 6 June 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)