Sunday, March 8, 2009

Eye exam; Tante and Oom arrive; Walk (photos!)

It has been a record length of time since our last blog post. The good news is that this means there is no truly bad news, as bad news travels fast. The only bad news is that it means that Loki keeps us very busy.

Tante (aunt) Marieke and Oom (uncle) Martin just arrived from the old country. Of course, they adore Loki. Who can resist his charm? He is most effective when he is asleep, which is most of the time. They brought some wonderful gifts, from themselves and others, which we are sorting through now.

Loki had an eye exam a couple days ago. And once again, the doctor found no signs of ROP. That's absolutely great news!

The weather has been great, and today we went for our first stroll as a family with child. I felt right at home: Our neighborhood has lots of young couples with children under four years old. On the weekends, the sidewalks can be like a stroller jam.

Cute outfit, from Christina and a second-hand sweater from Loki's preemie friend, with hip burp cloth by Luna and Christine:


On Mom:


Always happy to be on Dad:


Ready for the world:


I am thrilled. Just thrilled:


Snug like a bug:


Why we like strolls in in our neighborhood. What didn't appear in the photo is the view of San Francisco in the distance on the upper left:


Happy Tante:


Oom says "Hoi":

7 comments:

Richard en Maaike said...

Hoi,
Wat een geweldig nieuws weer, dat de dokters geen tekenen van ROP meer zien.
Ik geniet van de foto's, lekker wandelen (hebben julie nu toch een andere kinderwagen?), familie op bezoek, heerlijk.
Loki ziet er goed uit hoor. Heerlijk ontspannen bij jullie. Zet deze lijn voort!
Kus Maaike

Anonymous said...

Hi Loki, Mom and Dad and tante marieke en oom martin. How great that now you can enjoy family life. Even taking Loki for a walk in his stroller. Great. Enjoy it tons. Love, heleen en frits.

Anonymous said...

lieve mensen, wat ziet het er geweldig uit, ik wordt er blij van dat het zo goed gaat met jullie 3en .
gezellig dat Marieke er is, groet voor jullie allemaal, kus van Greet

berkeleygal77 said...

What beautiful pictures! Loki-doki looks snug like a bug in a rug (as the phrase goes) all bundled up for his outside walk. That is so good you could bring him out!

Mom said...

Berkeleygal, did you get my email about visiting?

Anonymous said...

hello there,

we already heard all the good news, about your Loki being home. And now we can see you all are just a family together. Enjoy the times together and the visit of marieke and martin. Give them our loves.
greetings annette and thomas (from the pepernoten in oosterhout...)

Janet said...

I'm so happy that you're all so happy. Great pics. Knuffels to my Loki!
Love, Nurse Janet

About Loki Sky

Loki Sky is a special little man. He was a very early micropreemie, weighing only 610 grams (1 lb, 5 oz) after 24 weeks, 3 days gestation, born to an American Father and a Dutch Mother in Berkeley, California on October 18, 2008.

On January 11, 2009, while still in the hospital NICU, his one kidney stopped working. It was repaired after three surgeries. After spending time in three hospitals in three cities, Loki came home on February 17. He struggled with eating, and then stopped in July, leading to 8 days in the hospital, a failure-to-thrive diagnosis, and a NG feeding tube. On October 10, a minor surgery installed a G feeding tube. Another procedure replaced it with a new one, and then again with a Mic-Key button in Jan. 2010.

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