Musings from Boulder on Business, Life and Sports: 2009-04-12

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Update at our house...

Dylan is doing really well. We had a doctor appointment with his pediatrician on Tuesday. He weighed in at 4 lbs, 11 ounces - this is a 4 ounce gain in 3.5 days from when he was discharged on Saturday. This is GREAT news and made us feel much better on his progress as the doctor wanted him to gain 0.5 to 1.0 ounces a day, which means he's right on target.

Dylan is doing a lot of eating, sleeping and now taking a daily iron/vitamin supplement.

Here are some updated pics:

Dylan enjoying his new elephant onesie

The guys in their hats

Prepping to swaddle

Ranger, the ferocious attach dog...

...and even Mom is getting some time on the phone to call back the "millions" of people that continue to reach out to her

George Karl - NBA Coach of the Year?

Simply: Yes

The local sports news castors are drinking my kool-aid and discussing the Denver Nuggets very own head coach as a coach-of-the-year candidate. There is some warrant in this discussion, as previously discussed HERE. He deserves to be in the conversation and is showing why the Nuggets owner hired him several years back.

1) The Nuggets are the #2 seed in a very tough Western Conference. Preseason predictions definitely did not have the Nuggets as the #2 seed and had the Nuggets barely making the playoffs.

2) A second straight season of 50+ wins. A record of 54-28 was an improvement over a 50-32 record last year. All in all, the team played equally as well this year but was more consistent and won the games they were suppose to. That's a good sign of improvement.

3) Intangibles: the team played and looked like a true TEAM. This was not the case last year or the year before. This year's team showed real signs of maturity and the coach-player relationships were very good - no Kenyon Martin issues, AI was traded and the best players on the team generally showed up each and every night.

This season was truly special and now it's time to show up and play a tough first series against the Hornets. This should be a tough series for the Nuggets despite their #2 seed. Last year New Orleans was a game away from the conference finals.

Here's to a strong post season showing by the Nuggets: Let's get it on!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Home for 1 day now...

feels like a week! (well, kind of)

We got our walking papers out of the hospital on Friday afternoon with a Saturday afternoon departure. We had a feeling that we would be leaving "soon" but I must admit the timing caught us both a bit by surprise as we kept thinking he'd get the OK on Monday.

While it was great to head home, I will say we were almost kind of "sad" to leave the hospital. The nurses and staff we basically lived with for the past two weeks were absolutely amazing. There were definitely up's and down's for Melissa and I and we went through a variety of emotions and saying goodbye to some of the great staff was a really tough thing for us. We are so thankful and grateful for the support and help they gave not only Dylan, but the both of us as well. Thanks Boulder Community Hospital NICU staff... we can't wait to come visit!

Anyway, Dylan got to meet his future best friend Ranger yesterday and after a mostly sleepless first night we all settled in a bit throughout Easter Sunday. I suppose we didn't do much today but all things considered it ended up being a great Easter as we were at home as a family.

I feel like we are slowly getting into a groove and Melissa and I are figuring out what all we need to have near the changing area when it's time to switch diapers (Dad found himself ill prepared a few times). Grandma Chris stocked us up pretty well with foods "ready to eat" so the eating part of the day has been the easiest!

Dylan had some adjusting to do in his first 24 hours at home but has been just great since. Here are a few photos of us leaving the hospital and arriving at home:

The Lee's Arriving Home!