I forgot to mention that Travis measured 21.5 inches long. He scored a perfect 9/9 in his APGAR test, too.
Also, his night wasn’t as smooth sailing as it could have been. The neonatal nurse practitioner noticed some red spots on his back when she first examined him, called petechiae. It could have been an indicator of a low platlet count in his blood. Blood was drawn around 10 PM after he got a nice bath, and CBC results did not come in until 1 AM. A low count meant he might be given a transfusion, so we were paying close attention to what we were told.
The neonatologist on staff wanted to see a count above 100,000. Travis’s pediatrician wanted 150,000. The results we got showed a nice, normal 183,000. The neonatologist confessed this morning that he wasn’t sure what caused the petechaie, but it certainly wasn’t a low platlet count. He declared Travis completely healthy. Relief!