Cullen James Stringer

Kyle here. Kimberly sent me home from the hospital to post a blog about our newest addition. I'm sure most of you have heard that boy #3 arrived rather unexpectedly. He seems to have been in some kind of a hurry to join his family here in the outside world- he wasn't due for another five weeks. Here's the stats on the littlest Stringer:
Cullen James
born May 21, 2009 at 1:17 am
6 lbs 6 oz
19.5 inches long

He's doing well considering the preterm issues he's dealing with. He weighed more than they expected, which was probably due to Kim having gestational diabetes with this pregnancy. He has been in NICU since delivery, but he did not require oxygen at all. He is breathing on his own, regulating his own body temp well, and his blood sugar is stable. He did have some bowel issues, mostly just being stopped up. They said it was because the motility of his colon was not strong enough to pass the meconium. They had to do a barium x-ray of his tummy, and it showed no abnormalites. He still can't nurse due to the bowel issues, but they will let Kim try to feed him again in the morning if his follow up xray still looks good. As of now (9:00 pm on friday), he is still on IV fluid only. Pray for a good test result in the morning.
Here are some pics.






Also, Kimberly is doing great. She did still have her stitches in, which miraculously broke without damaging her very badly. The doctor really doesn't know what happened, just that somehow the stitch came undone and then Cullen came very quickly. The stitch was not scheduled to be removed for a few more weeks, like it was with Seth and Blake. We barely made it to the hospital in time. We got there at 12:50 am and Cullen arrived at 1:17. That's 27 minutes folks. Kim hates to waste time. But really, she is up and walking around- you probably would never guess she was pregnant 36 hours ago. We have no idea how long until Cullen can come home, but I don't think it will be more than a couple of days if he continues to do this well. More details later.