Family Man Librarian

Today has been rather exhausting. I should be more specific…Today AND last night were exhausting! Brinley was pretty fussy last night, and Tristan clambered into our bed during the wee hours of the morning, so between the two of them, Michele and I didn’t get much sleep. Michele decided to ask the home healthcare nurse about some symptoms she had noticed in Brinley. The symptoms she noticed were that Brinley always cried when picked up or significantly disturbed in some way, that she seemed to favor her left arm, that her left arm wasn’t as active as the right arm, and most importantly, that she had noticed that there was a swelling near or by Brinley’s collarbone. So we decided to call the doctor and she said to bring her in right away. The appointment was at 11:20a and we just arrived home around 5p. Turns out that we were right to be concerned. Brinley has a broken collarbone, poor thing. We assume it happened during birth, and we know that it is a common occurrence. Some good news is that her bilirubin level may have peaked. Yesterday it was at a high of 17.4, and today it was down to 16.9, so maybe we won’t have to use the biliblanket for much longer. We’ll see. In other news, last night, Keegan and I went to his school to learn how to put together and take apart his instrument for band. He chose to learn the alto saxophone, and is really excited about it. Also, the Dutailier glider/rocker and matching ottoman that was our birthday present to Michele, arrived in the mail today. I’ve just finished putting it together and Michele is very pleased with it. Finally, we are so thankful that my mother has been with us during this sometimes difficult time, doing the dishes, cooking delicious meals, looking after Keegan when he got home from school today and we were still in Muncie at the doctors, etc.