Second Hand News

Henrik went to C-Pap breathing yesterday!  Anna and Dorene arrived as the transition was happening.  Anna did not hold Henrik yesterday because it was too much for him.  Aside from being extubated and breathing more independently, the most encouraging aspect for me was to hear from Anna just how mad Henrik was about it.  He was yelling, paused, and then started yelling again as if to say, "One more thing!....Blah...."  Henrik appeared to be squeaking a bit and almost crying.  One of my concerns is the potential, if tiny, brain bleed and I worried about how that might manifest itself.  His spirited reaction to extubation allayed many of my concerns.  He is much more laid back as a rule than Anders, but it's good to hear him acting like the Wild Man his older brother was at least in this instance.
Dorene was going through her wallet looking for something, and she found a note her dad had made for her after Anders was born.  Anna and I had asked Dennis Arthur Lokken how to say "wild man" in Norwegian.  On the note, he wrote it out, then as an aside at the bottom he wrote that "Anders means D.A.L. in Norwegian."  She found that note also on the same day that Henrik's birth certificate and social security card arrived, the first piece of mail ever received by Henrik Arthur.  I was thinking about Dennis after I picked up the mail, and before I heard Dorene's story.  I had this image of him saying to me, "Hey, I really like the middle name Arthur--what was wrong with Dennis?" 
On an unrelated note, Anna and I finished "Breaking Bad" last night.  Wow!  It was amazing. I love the small role Houston has in the show.  I don't want to spoil anything in case you are working your way through it.  We started last summer and I felt it was imperative that we finish soon because I did not think I could avoid the spoiler much longer.  I loved the song choices in the last episode of Marty Robbins' "El Paso," and "Baby Blue" by Badfinger.  I also loved the use of "Oh Sherry" by Steve Perry in the 3rd to last episode.