Jaxon at Primary Children's Hospital

Jaxon Levi Anderson
June 10th, 2009
5 lbs 3 oz
21 inches
2:40 am

Jaxon is in the NICU at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center
in Provo, UT.

He is hooked up to a CPAP to help him breath. In this picture the doctor is inserting 2 lines through Jaxon's belly button, the lines are used to give Jaxon meds and to take out blood when needed.

This is Jaxon's very first outfit. As you can see it didn't fit him at all. It's a newborn onsie and Jaxon didn't even fit into premie clothes. It's an outfit that once belonged to Kaden.

Jaxon was always being poked for a new IV. He would get a new one about every 12 hours or so. The nurses would wrap his IV's to help keep em in longer. The tube up Jaxon's nose is the tube he was fed through.

Jaxon was such a trooper through everything. This is our "TOUCH DOWN" picture. It just makes us smile.

This is by far my favorite picture ever. Jake named it " Momma will watch after you."

This is right after Jaxon developed a fever and his leg was swelling up. The swelling was caused by a PICC line that was inserted into his leg. His meds where being given through the PICC line. They had to take out the line and continue on with a new IV every 12 hours. Thus this is one of the days we realized that we where going to be at the hospital for awhile.

Jaxon always posing for us. He was sitting on my lap and talking with me in this picture.

We had to do a car seat trial before they let us bring him home. This was done a month before we brought him home but as you can see, he didn't fit into his car seat.

These pictures are of the first time EVER, that Jake and I held Jaxon. Most of the nurses wouldn't let us hold him because of all the tubes and wires. But Miss Nancy Roof wasn't about to let another day go by that I didn't get to hold my baby. She's is a very kind and loving nurse!

The left is Jaxon getting all comfy while the nurse did "cares" which is taking his temp, changing his diaper, switching the cuff on his foot to either his other foot or a hand, etc.

The picture on the right is of a nurse feeding Jaxon through his nose. Don't worry he slept through the whole thing.

Momma and Jaxon having a heart to heart conversation. I was explaining to him that he needed to get better so that he could come home and meet Kaden and Lucy. The smile makes me think he that he thought that was a good idea.

They used to wrap Jaxon up so tight. I am not sure how he would breath. The nurses were fantastic at making him "as snug as a bug in a rug!"

This is the same outfit as before only now it actually fits!

This is one of the first pictures of Jaxon at Primary Children's Medical Center. The cover on the right side of his chest is from when the doctor used a needle to release the air surrounding Jaxon's lung. He is also on the ventilator in this picture.

YEAH! This is on our way out the door, NEVER to return! Although we must say.. We have made some wonderful friends and we are very thankful for the Doctors and Nurses who took care of our precious Jaxon.

Kaden and Lucy FINALLY getting to enjoy their baby brother.

AND this is the Walk for Healing Hearts that we did through Intermountain Healing Hearts. A support group that we will continue to support for as long as we are able to.

Our family is now home and happy together and we very much plan on staying that way.