Greggory

Greggory Ashton Allmon was born August 8, 2001. He was 9 weeks premature. He had a fighting weight of 2 Lbs 4 Oz. This boy was tiny. He was covered in a fine hair from head to toe.  He looked like a tiny spider monkey. The nurses said he thought he weighed 8 pounds. He was in NNICU for 5 weeks.  He was never on an IV nor oxygen. He came home at 3 Lbs 12 Oz. With him came a new experience. This was a child that we would get to watch learn to sit up, learn to feed himself, learn to talk and learn to walk. These are things that most parents take for granted.  We saw them like miracles. We saw them for what they are.  When Greggory said Mama for the first time Heather broke down. She was literally on her knees crying. Not many parents react that way to hearing "mama", but  when your seven year old has never said it, the word gains a good bit of weight. This was one of the many things that seemed to have extra significance to us.  Correction: Greggory was on an IV for a day or so and oxygen for 10 minutes after his first bath.  The nurses called it a whisper of O2.