Friday, June 13, 2008

Daniel James Arkell II

7 lbs., 6.1 ounces (3350 grams) 2o inches, born at 38 weeks.
Doctor induced because he was afraid the head was going to be too big because of Melca's borderline Gestational Diabetes. DJ's head was bigger than the girl's heads, so it was probably good that he did induce her.
His name is Daniel James Arkell II.
Melca is doing well, DJ too, but he has to stay in hospital for one more day to make sure that he doesn't have a strep infection, because the nurses forgot to give Melca a second dose of penicillin.
DJ is very calm, nurses well, doesn't cry a lot, like all of his other siblings except for Paola. Pictures will be forthcoming, but Melca doesn't want to relinquish the camera just yet.

2 comments:

Ben Arkell said...

COngratulations. I am sorry that I missed your call yesterday. I'm glad you are all doing well. I'm glad you finally got your boy. Now you get to experience the hard part of being a parent!

Nimmy Mae said...

I like his name, I'll forgive you for not using Kim. I am excited to see some pix!