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Three Miracles, Our Brand New Bundles Of Joy (By Roberto Sormiento) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Rated "G" by the Author.
Roberto Sormiento is still aglow over the birth of his triplet sons almost a week ago. As of this writing, they are all doing well.
I am still in shock; I still keep pinching myself to see if this is but a dream; but I wake up, and I see my sleepy, hurting wife looking at me, and wondering when she can see her three new babies in the NICU unit. I told her that she will be able to see them later on today, but she will just have to learn to be patient.
I just hope that she isn't upset by the sight of the wires and oxygen on our one son; he is still having a little difficulty in breathing, but he is improving steadily, and the other two boys, his twin brothers, are breastfeeding now and seem to be having no problems whatsoever, much to our relief. The two biggest boys may be going home from the hospital when Mommy (my wife, M'Buti) is released in a day or two, but the littlest one will probably still be in for a few weeks or so until he reaches four pounds. He is still a scrappy little fellow, but he is proving to have some of his mother's Maasai warrior fighting spirit in his little body, so there is a very good chance that he may make it.
We have decided on the names for our three new triplet sons. Their names are going to be Kiloki M'Baki (he was our biggest son, weighing in at a "hefty" four pounds and 11 ounces; so he is nearly ready to go home; the middle name is in honor of M'Buti's deceased father, M'Baki, who died before any of our children were even born; so they will only know their grandfather through pictures or stories), Kenji Manuel (he was the second biggest baby at four pounds and three ounces), and the lightweight champion of the trio, Koji Makai, who was four pounds and one ounce. He was the one who had a bit of a rough start; when he was born, he wasn't breathing, and his heart wasn't beating; CPR and other resuscitative measures thankfully saved his life, and he seems to be recovering from his early trauma beautifully. Kenji, Keloki, and Koji join their older brothers, Kibarake, who will be three years old in a few weeks, Kibarake's twin sister, Eshe' Ayala, and their biggest brother, Jubaki, who will be seven years old in June. So we went from just three children to six.
Next time my wife wants to become a mother again, I just may reinterate because who knows? The next time she gets pregnant, she may have QUADS, the way our luck has been going! The first time we became parents, we had our first son, Jubaki. The second time we became parents, we had the twins, Eshe' and Kibarake. Now, we just became the parents to TRIPLETS, all boys! Who KNOWS what may happen if we decide to do it again?? Hmmm...it boggles the mind...
My parents are here from Texas, and they are already promising to help out when we get the babies (and M'Buti) home from the hospital. M'Buti will be in no shape physically to deal with the babies just yet (except to feed them; I can do the other stuff), and she needs her rest. We will also have a maid service come and help out with the cleaning and the cooking, and make things easier on both M'Buti and myself. They can also watch over the kids if things get stressful with the triplets after they come home. Until then, everything is in the planning stages, and I can sit here and get to know my brand new baby boys and watch my wife recover from her giving birth. I pray all goes well, and I pray that I can be half as good of a father as I possibly can be to my new baby sons!
~Will write in here as necessary, to keep you updated on the progress of both my darling wife, M'Buti, and also our growing family; stay "tooned"~
~Roberto Sormiento, proud daddy to SIX miracles, including three brand new TRIPLETS. :)
What a great story, poor M'Buti must be worn out
delivering triplets;-)I like the names you chose for
the boys.;-) You do these stories so well Karen! Kudo's
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I am still in shock; I still keep pinching myself to see if this is but a dream; but I wake up, and I see my sleepy, hurting wife looking at me, and wondering when she can see her three new babies in the NICU unit. I told her that she will be able to see them later on today, but she will just have to learn to be patient.
