COB - Bilan

One of the future god fathers kindly pointed out this morning that Capucine O'Brien has the initials COB, which also stand for "Close Of Business". So it seems fitting to tell you all how she's doing at the end of her first day in the world. Of the two, she had the more difficult birth and required a certain degree of assistance to get her up and running....Not even a day old and she's already "high maintenance" - I had hoped this was one characteristic that her mother wouldn't hand down, but it seems that genetics has got the better of me again (if either of them have been "blessed" with the Rogeret ears then Sandie and I will be having stern words). Thankfully since that stuttering arrival, she's been sailing through all sorts of tests and there seems to be a certain guarded optimism about her future. There still seems to be one slight internal bleeding issue, but hopefully that will resolve itself over the next couple of days. Gaston on the other hand came out wriggling and screaming. I managed to watch for quite a long time as they got him ready before he went up to the intensive care unit (ICU). He’s a cute little thing (be sure to put the emphasis on “little” rather than “cute”), although his lungs aren't as developed as his sisters, and he did have to receive an injection in the morning to help his alveoli. Apart from that he seems a stable wee man; I’m already relying on him to keep his sister in line in due course.

More anon tomorrow, although one of the priorities is definitely to spend a good bit of time with Maxime – he seems to be the only one who’s taking this in his stride!