It seems like an eternity since I posted last on Monday. I've drafted this post at least 100 times in my mind, mostly at 1am, 2am, 3am and so on but never seem to get around to it during the day.
I went to the doctor on Monday and it turned out that I had an infection, not in my incision but in the skin underneath that. I was running a pretty high fever a couple of nights in a row and I ended up on antibiotics. It wasn't horribly painful but it looked terrible and got pretty nasty there for a while. It seems to be doing much better now and the odds are good that I'm going to survive.
Courtney continues to be a love. We'd had some really bad nights and one where I ended up being awake from 1ish until almost 6. I think the exhaustion causes my tears to flow freely and I had a total breakdown the other night. (I almost had one in the vets office this morning but managed to keep it together.) Courtney continues to be a really happy baby and I can't help but love all over her.
We did have the wonderful folks from Mom's on Call come out yesterday morning and help us through some things. She showed us how to trim Courtney's nails (and she trimmed them for us), how to give her a bath and walk through the night time routine, how to swaddle her in a way that she can't break her little arms out and how to develop a schedule. She's awfully young to be on a schedule but it's good to know that we have something to shoot for.
Paul has been amazing through all of this. He's been taking care of me, the baby and the dog, all at once. My guess is that he's sleeping at his desk during the day because it's not like he's getting much here. He's been a saint for sure and is up for Father/Husband of the Year.
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