Pierce's first Christmas started out pretty darn well with the family nestled in front of the Yule Log on WGN. But, it is now 10:30 p.m. and we haven't had lunch or touched a present. In fact, the past 12 hours have been no fun for any of us. In response to Pierce's behavior, our nervousness and an odd lump we found on his chest Amy and I spoke with our friends at the NICU, our pediatrician and ended up visiting the Mercy Hospital emergency room today.
To make a long story short everything is fine. All day, Pierce was shreaking like he was in pain, couldn't be consoled and the lump was freaking us out. Given his history we were worrying ourselves sick so we made some calls and got in the car. The doctor was concerned and said we did the right thing by going in (which made us feel better) so he had blood and urine samples tested and a complete going over by a doctor with good results. We suspect the vitamins we have been adding to his milk over the past couple of days aren't sitting well with him, and he has a hormone-induced lump that should go away in short order. The blood work will be cultured and we will know in 48 hours if he has anything but the CRP test came back at 0.
Our little guy was a champ at the hospital and did much better than mom and dad. He's finally quiet, resting and comfortable.
Merry Christmas to all ...
All went well, but the little guy got pretty tired towards the end of the night and it took awhile to calm him down and get him to sleep. 
