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More News from my Brother, "Papa E"

Hey y’all.

Here’s the latest on Jackson as he now transitions into Day #4.

Jackson had a very tough night last night… He did very well yesterday afternoon and early evening, and seemed to be “on his way” – eating regularly, sleeping regularly, content, relaxed, at ease… But when we tried to feed him last night at maybe 10pm, he refused and slowly got crankier and crankier… By midnight, he was completely discombobulated – whaling, screaming, thrashing, red – non-stop. This continued, off-and-on, for at least half of the night. I’ve seen crying babies, but I’ve never seen anything this prolonged or intense…

I will say that I was very impressed by Baby Jack’s endurance. He was working sooo hard last night… As of this morning, he hadn’t eaten in 12 hours, but was still completely discombobulated… 14 hours, still no eating, and still intermittent screaming and whaling… Finally, we decided to get innovative and try to leverage modern technology – Similac and the magic vibrating chair…

Fortunately, he sucked down an ounce of Similac in a flash. That 1oz has put a few calories and a bit of fluid in his stomach, and has completely re-set his clock and disposition. He and mom are now fast asleep upstairs. We moved up our next doctors appointment to 11am to make sure there’s not something too, too wrong.

- E.D.