One month

Blaise is one month old today and it's pretty amazing just how much we've all been through in such a short period of time. If you had told me a month and a day ago that this was coming, I'm not sure I would have believed you. At the very least, I wouldn't have believed that we would all come out the other end a little the worse for wear, but doing okay. Because I'm not sure I can process it all in the abstract, I've compiled some numbers to give a sketch of Blaise's first month.

Birth weight: 1760 g (3 lbs 14 oz)
Lowest weight: 1430 g (3 lbs 2 oz)
Current weight: 2010 g (4 lbs 7 oz)
Weight lost by Erin: 10450 g (23 lbs)
Emergency abdominal surgeries among members of our household: 2
Remaining centimeters of small intestine: 20
Days on the ventilator: 3
Days on antibiotics: 16
Nights in the NICU: 26
Nights out of the NICU: 5
Nights Ben slept in one of those foldout hospital chairs: 5
mL of milk given to Blaise on day 1: 0
mL of milk given to Blaise today: 102
Bottles of breast milk in our freezer: 65 (about 60 mL each)
Ostomy bag changes: 67
Times we used the word "jejunum" prior to Jan. 1: 20 (Thanks to 7th grade bio)
Times we've used the word "jejunum" since: 2,765
Times we've read Goodnight Moon: 41
Times we anticipate reading Goodnight Moon in the future: 45,104
Bears given to Blaise (excluding those on the mobile): 10
Bears on the mobile: 5
Other animals given to Blaise: 3
Inches of snow: 24
Cups of coffee procured from hospital cafeterias: 94
Cups of coffee procured from the kitchenette down the hall: 1 (NOT making that mistake twice)
Steelers play-off wins: 1
Steelers bye weeks: 1
Papers rejected: 4
Papers accepted: 2
Babies born to friends: 3
Hits to this blog: 1880
Amazing, strong, tiny new members of our family: 1