About 3 hours after Marshall was born, Lisa had a really bad heart palpitation. Her heart rate shot up to 180 bpm and then hovered around 170 bpm for a solid 2.5 hours. When 8 nurses, 2 doctors, and 2 crash carts were in the room, I got slightly nervous. They ended up giving her a shot of Adenosine, which essentially stopped her heart momentarily and then 'restarted' it. It was a little nerve-racking, although we have done it once before. Her heart immediately settled back down to 75 bpm. Since then, she has been back on the beta blockers and will wean herself off slowly to see if they go away.
Anyhoo, Marshall is as cute a baby as we've ever had, and reminds us quite a bit of our second son, Blake. He doesn't cry much...only when he's hungry. And while he's only 2 weeks old, he is already on a great sleeping schedule and only wakes us up once per night for a feeding.
The name 'Marshall' is not a family name, although Lisa's mother's name is 'Marsha'. 'Thomas' IS a family name on both sides of the family. It was not until a few weeks before his birth that we finally settled on the full name. We tried TONS of middle names but none of them felt or sounded right. At Sunday dinner, my brother finally suggested 'Thomas' and it sounded great! Thanks, brother!
Here are a few pictures of our little prize:
My Beloved...who sacrificed a LOT to bring this boy into the world:
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