New daughter

Brians256 · 02-13-2004, 09:24 AM

Shameless plug! I have a new daughter, Deborah Elease Smith, born 7:58am 2/12/04, weighing 5 lbs 11.4oz and stretching out to 18.5" in length.

Woot!

There's me with my "Family" sticker on the dress greens after the C-Section. I was told that is because they don't want to mistake me for a Doctor or Nurse, but I think it was to help the Dad's remember their place: spectator. Snip, zzzzt, blorp, and out she came with nothing for me to do but oggle at the sharp knives and stuff until Deborah came out and exhibited her amazingly effective lungs+vocal cords. Oh, yeah. I get to change diapers too.

TerraMex · 02-13-2004, 10:03 AM

Congrats Brian!

No more spectator mode for you from now on

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msv · 02-13-2004, 10:10 AM

Congratulations!
Send my best wishes to Deborahs mother.
Is she Your first kid?
regards
Mikael S.

mad mikee · 02-13-2004, 10:18 AM

About how far children will naturally overclock, no cooling required!!!

(They raise your's and SO's temp/BP instead via Tesla - type transference heheh)

Brians256 · 02-13-2004, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by msv

Congratulations!
Send my best wishes to Deborahs mother.
Is she Your first kid?
regards
Mikael S.

Hehe. No. Not my first. My fourth. So, I have plenty of practice in changing diapers and so on. I just thought it was funny to get that big "FAMILY" sticker on me, as if they didn't know who was on staff at the hospital and who wasn't on staff. It reminded me of the big letter 'A', for all of you who read classic English literature.

pHaestus · 02-13-2004, 10:42 AM

They have the stickers now because I was caught rummaging around in the meds... "Nurse! I need 250 mg morphine STAT!

Congrats Brian! I hope the boys don't burn down the house when you pass out from exhaustion.

Boli · 02-13-2004, 11:11 AM

You allways forget how small newborns are untill you come face to face with one.

I myself have no children(for which the world is truely thankful) but my younger sister was born 9 years after me... so I can remember all the smells and noise they make.

Congrats mate.

~ Boli

Brians256 · 02-13-2004, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by pHaestus

They have the stickers now because I was caught rummaging around in the meds... "Nurse! I need 250 mg morphine STAT!

Congrats Brian! I hope the boys don't burn down the house when you pass out from exhaustion.

Well, I think my wife is doing a good job at getting all the meds. She's had morphine, dilaudin, demerol and now she's on some self-controlled drug pump because of some surgical complications (I think it's trapped air in the abdominal cavity causing her gall stone to lodge in the duct). But, and she's gotten three units of replacement blood so far, so that should help with all that she's lost (she hemorrages with every birth, unfortunately).

guandi · 02-13-2004, 01:25 PM

aww, congrats man

i really like seeing other people have kids, reminds me to never have any myself

your gonna have to put an electric fence around your computers... juice plays havoc with keyboards...

best of wishes your rapidly expanding family unit

bigben2k · 02-13-2004, 02:23 PM

Congratulations Brian!

Blessings to your whole family, from mine.

superart · 02-13-2004, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boli

You allways forget how small newborns are untill you come face to face with one.
~ Boli

Yea, tell me about it. I was was scared to hold my little sister untill she turned like 12 months. She was so small, I was scared I'd break her or something.

And then I saw the doctors or nurses or whatever changeing the newborns' diepers in the hospital, and theyd be like juggleing the kid in one hand and holding the diapers in the other, it was crazy.

Joe · 02-13-2004, 11:18 PM

Congrats Bri! They the guy thats holding your kid has a funny name "Family" What kind of name is that?!

hehehe GJ!

Supa · 02-13-2004, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Brians256

Hehe. No. Not my first. My fourth. So, I have plenty of practice in changing diapers and so on. I just thought it was funny to get that big "FAMILY" sticker on me, as if they didn't know who was on staff at the hospital and who wasn't on staff. It reminded me of the big letter 'A', for all of you who read classic English literature.

I hated that damn book

congrats

joemac · 02-14-2004, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by superart

Yea, tell me about it. I was was scared to hold my little sister untill she turned like 12 months. She was so small, I was scared I'd break her or something.

And then I saw the doctors or nurses or whatever changeing the newborns' diepers in the hospital, and theyd be like juggleing the kid in one hand and holding the diapers in the other, it was crazy.

LOL – The first time I saw the changing of newborns I also freaked

man babies are more robust than they seem. In fact I know a guy who’s father dropped him during the first hour of him being born and he seems to be alright (only problem is minor dumbness which may have been inherited).

Yo-DUH_87 · 02-15-2004, 10:03 PM

Congrats Brian, my best wishes for you and your family.

Brians256 · 02-17-2004, 12:15 AM

Update:

Just got back from hospital with my new daughter but I didn't get to bring my wife with us. Hemmoragic stroke in the right basal ganglia and she is in the stroke ward. This means that she had some bleeding in the right side of the base of her brain. This made her lose some motor control on one side and have a difficult time moving, talking and thinking. OK, that's the bad news.

The good news is that it was a very small hemmorage and she is projected to make a complete recovery (timeline unknown though it might be as soon as a couple of days). Thank God, she had it while she was IN the hospital right next to the stroke ward! So, no worries, everything is going to be fine and we hope she gets to come home in a couple of days after they finish running tests to figure out why a 30 year old woman burst a blood vessel upstairs (normally you work up to this kind of thing by living for sixty or eighty years first).

Whew! Do you get this kind of excitement in your lives too, or am I just the lucky one? I have to think that there are a lot of you with similarly exciting events as well.

Now, off to take care of the four kids.

Joe · 02-17-2004, 01:59 AM

I just drive cars into lakes, nothing that exciting

heheh

Best wishes for your wife!!

warpath · 02-17-2004, 06:04 AM

yesterday i found a dollar...
that was pretty exciting....

CONGRATS BRIAN! hope the wife feels better

Brians256 · 02-17-2004, 09:46 AM

Thanks, y'all.

Brians256 · 02-17-2004, 08:28 PM

Well, it looks like the possibility of her recovering quickly is not there. She may not be able to be even minimally there for 6-8 weeks. I just visited her in the hospital today, and she wasn't even able to talk to me. Like there's nobody in there. Bummer.

bigben2k · 02-18-2004, 01:41 PM

Sounds like you'll have your hands full for the next couple of months!

Here's hoping that she recovers well.

Joe · 02-18-2004, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brians256

Well, it looks like the possibility of her recovering quickly is not there. She may not be able to be even minimally there for 6-8 weeks. I just visited her in the hospital today, and she wasn't even able to talk to me. Like there's nobody in there. Bummer.

Wow thats no good at all. Hopefully she pulls around sometime soon, head things can be pretty unpredictable... in a coma or just out of it one day, and back like nothing the day later. I have honestly never heard any one use the term "bummer" when it comes to something this serious or bad. Normally Bummer is what I hear when someones car breaks down, or get a fender bender.

Hope she gets well soon!! Till then you got a whole lil army to keep track of, more power to ya!

Arcturius · 02-18-2004, 07:57 PM

Congratulations on the baby! (she looks so tiny compared to my boys!)

Sorry to hear about your wife; here's to hoping for a speedy and full recovery.
*crosses fingers*

murray13 · 02-19-2004, 06:49 PM

Congrats, DAD!!!

Wish the best for your wife, hope she makes a full recovery!

Brians256 · 02-20-2004, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murray13

Congrats, DAD!!!

Wish the best for your wife, hope she makes a full recovery!

Well, she might make a recovery but the neurologist doubts a complete recovery. She has has more bleeding and they have discovered that the cause is deep vein thrombosis (clots) that caused backpressure. Although she is unconcious, she was briefly conscious this morning because a nurse heard her say a word this morning. She is improving, thankfully. They give her a 50% chance of surviving. As they say, we'll see.

02-13-2004, 09:24 AM	#1
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	New daughter Shameless plug! I have a new daughter, Deborah Elease Smith, born 7:58am 2/12/04, weighing 5 lbs 11.4oz and stretching out to 18.5" in length. Woot! There's me with my "Family" sticker on the dress greens after the C-Section. I was told that is because they don't want to mistake me for a Doctor or Nurse, but I think it was to help the Dad's remember their place: spectator. Snip, zzzzt, blorp, and out she came with nothing for me to do but oggle at the sharp knives and stuff until Deborah came out and exhibited her amazingly effective lungs+vocal cords. Oh, yeah. I get to change diapers too.

02-13-2004, 10:03 AM	#2
TerraMex Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portugal, Europe Posts: 870	Congrats Brian! No more spectator mode for you from now on . __________________ "we need more cowbell."

02-13-2004, 10:10 AM	#3
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	Congratulations! Send my best wishes to Deborahs mother. Is she Your first kid? regards Mikael S. __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

02-13-2004, 10:18 AM	#4
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02-13-2004, 10:42 AM	#6
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	They have the stickers now because I was caught rummaging around in the meds... "Nurse! I need 250 mg morphine STAT! Congrats Brian! I hope the boys don't burn down the house when you pass out from exhaustion. __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

02-13-2004, 11:11 AM	#7
Boli Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackburn / Dundee Posts: 451	You allways forget how small newborns are untill you come face to face with one. I myself have no children(for which the world is truely thankful) but my younger sister was born 9 years after me... so I can remember all the smells and noise they make. Congrats mate. ~ Boli __________________ 1800+ @ 2247 (214x10.5) - STABLE, 512MB PC3700 TwinX Cosair RAM, NF7-S v2.0, GeForce3 Ti200 Parallel BIM, 120.1 Thermochill, Eheim 1048, Maze 3, Maze4 GPU, "Z" chipset, 1/2" tubing, PC-70: 5x120mm & 9x80mm fans. Internet Server & second machine (folding 24/7): 512MB DDR RAM, XP2000+

02-13-2004, 01:25 PM	#9
guandi Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 174	aww, congrats man i really like seeing other people have kids, reminds me to never have any myself your gonna have to put an electric fence around your computers... juice plays havoc with keyboards... best of wishes your rapidly expanding family unit __________________ A8N-SLI Deluxe FX55@3ghz 2x TwinX1024-3200XL 2x BFG6800Ultra Audigy2 ZS + Gigaworks S750 2x120gb/4x80gb lots of water/copper/pumpy goodness.

02-13-2004, 02:23 PM	#10
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Congratulations Brian! Blessings to your whole family, from mine. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

02-13-2004, 11:18 PM	#12
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Congrats Bri! They the guy thats holding your kid has a funny name "Family" What kind of name is that?! hehehe GJ! __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-15-2004, 10:03 PM	#15
Yo-DUH_87 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 230	Congrats Brian, my best wishes for you and your family. __________________ Signing out... Yo-DUH_87 If it works, fix it until it's broke! Then, after it's broke, add duct tape! Affordable webhosting!

02-17-2004, 12:15 AM	#16
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Update: Just got back from hospital with my new daughter but I didn't get to bring my wife with us. Hemmoragic stroke in the right basal ganglia and she is in the stroke ward. This means that she had some bleeding in the right side of the base of her brain. This made her lose some motor control on one side and have a difficult time moving, talking and thinking. OK, that's the bad news. The good news is that it was a very small hemmorage and she is projected to make a complete recovery (timeline unknown though it might be as soon as a couple of days). Thank God, she had it while she was IN the hospital right next to the stroke ward! So, no worries, everything is going to be fine and we hope she gets to come home in a couple of days after they finish running tests to figure out why a 30 year old woman burst a blood vessel upstairs (normally you work up to this kind of thing by living for sixty or eighty years first). Whew! Do you get this kind of excitement in your lives too, or am I just the lucky one? I have to think that there are a lot of you with similarly exciting events as well. Now, off to take care of the four kids.

02-17-2004, 01:59 AM	#17
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	I just drive cars into lakes, nothing that exciting heheh Best wishes for your wife!! __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

02-17-2004, 06:04 AM	#18
warpath Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 28	yesterday i found a dollar... that was pretty exciting.... CONGRATS BRIAN! hope the wife feels better __________________ RIG 1 Athlon 64 3000+, 2GB Kingston PC3200, DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D, X600 Pro 256mb, 250GB Hitachi SATA, 200GB WD SATA, 190s5fb 12ms 19" LCD, NEC 16X DVD-RW dl, Audigy 2ZS, Sparkle 300w, CPARC-3

02-17-2004, 09:46 AM	#19
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Thanks, y'all.

02-17-2004, 08:28 PM	#20
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Well, it looks like the possibility of her recovering quickly is not there. She may not be able to be even minimally there for 6-8 weeks. I just visited her in the hospital today, and she wasn't even able to talk to me. Like there's nobody in there. Bummer.

02-18-2004, 01:41 PM	#21
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Sounds like you'll have your hands full for the next couple of months! Here's hoping that she recovers well. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

02-18-2004, 07:57 PM	#23
Arcturius Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Posts: 294	Congratulations on the baby! (she looks so tiny compared to my boys!) Sorry to hear about your wife; here's to hoping for a speedy and full recovery. crosses fingers __________________ Everything aircooled (I honestly don't know why you guys let me stay a member...) Always folding: WXP Pro: KD7R + Palomino 1800+ W2K3: 4x P3 Xeon 500 512KB (4 clients) Linux boxes: none Had to put them to use doing real work.

02-19-2004, 06:49 PM	#24
murray13 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Omaha, NE USA Posts: 216	Congrats, DAD!!! Wish the best for your wife, hope she makes a full recovery!

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