wellRED podcast - #340 - We Are All Daddies Now! (Congrats Drew and Andi!)

Episode Date: October 4, 2023

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We're a remote this week for a couple of reasons. The main reason is I forgot to book us any studio time and that'll do it every time. You could have just so easily gotten yourself off the hook with Drew being in the hospital, but I respect the fact that you can't lie. I almost did. I almost did put it on that, but like that really had nothing to do with it, frankly. I just forgot to ask until yesterday at 5 p.m.

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Hello, everyone. If you guys were listening last week, and I'm sure you guys were, you noticed that I wasn't here. That's because we were in labor. And if you're good at mass and I'm not. That means we went into labor a week ago, and I'm still in the hospital. So, yeah, things, I guess they did not go as planned. We do have, you know, let me bury the lead here. We do have the result we were going for, which is today, hopefully within the hour or two,

me, Andy, and Roscoe, Silas Morgan will be released from this wonderful, but ultimately we'll say unfortunate place that is most hospitals. Yeah, I don't know where to start. Let me say

if anyone's pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, I guess it's really, truly not just trying to be woke, trigger warning because what happened with us is extremely rare

and it's not going to happen to you if you're about to have a baby, you're just going to go totally different. But yeah, where you guys want me to start. Well, I don't know. I mean, I don't know.

You're about to say, I don't know how much you do or do not want to talk about. I also just, before you get going, I kind of want to just get your general thoughts on like, you know, what it was like as soon as you saw. Because this was, you know, mine went really good and yours was tumultuous. So I assume the baby coming out was a release of several emotions on top of them all probably pure joy, correct? I would say relief more than joy. The time frame was, so when he came out, all right, I got to, I guess, give some context. And I don't want to give too much because Andy and I think are still processing this. And we're okay physically.

And I think we're okay otherwise, but it's been a little difficult. To be blunt, Andy lost a lot of blood because her uterus ruptured after she, She got put on the potosin. That's extremely rare, and it's extremely rare for women who haven't had C-sections in the past. Usually when that happens, it happens along the C-section scar where a uterus has already been weakened. Hers did not. It's very rare. Even though it's rare, once it happens, it's a critical situation.

You know, death is on the table. So and then also understand we didn't know that the reason she went in for the emergency C section was Roscoe's heartbeat was dropping as they were preparing to do that My man's crying right now I would show you all but Andy just tits out to the moon baby yeah boy dude by the way them tits gonna stay out forever Timbers still hasn't put hers up they just stay out yeah just lifts up the bottom of their skirt and there they are Um, so. Nice. Yeah.

Still got it. So they were doing the C-section because of Roscoe's heart rate. There was an old boy anesthesiologist. I got to shout my man out. Now, when I met him, this dude was, he was behind the mask, but he was red-faced, like, like drunk red-faced. Like, he had broken capillaries. he was mouth breathing and saying things like

do you want me to like take a video so you can see me put this in your spine and Andy was like no the fuck is and I literally had the thought this drunk old boy who went paralyze my wife well that was probably one of many times I misread a person

so I guess they're going in to do a C-section I'm scrubbed up it's the middle of the night I woke up in a haze Eddie had called them in because she had stomach pain. I didn't know that she had done that. When I woke up, they were already in the room. And I'm like annoyed.

I'm like, why are there two nurses in here? Andy's saying her stomach hurts. She's like, I think I got to fart. Or no, one of them was like, maybe you got a fart. And he was like, I don't think that's what it is. She'd have farted. And they were like, we need to start thinking about a C-Sax. And I was like, all right, well, me and any need to discuss that.

She very much, you can hear my boy, she very much didn't want to do that. She wanted to do a vaginal birth. She didn't even want to be at the hospital. We went to the hospital because the home birth was taken so long. The midwife was like, we got to be somewhere else because I can't induce you without potocin. The three-day labor and the fact that it was a 42-week pregnancy probably had something to do with what happened. The potosin on top of that probably had something to do with what happened. Anyway, they're in the room.

They're like, we've got to start thinking about a C-section. according to them it wasn't really emergency yet they were trying to get it they were trying to get her in a position where when she had contractions his heart rate wouldn't drop and they just couldn't do it so like yeah we're going to definitely have to do a C-section I was like I know it's not what you wanted baby we got to protect Roscoe can hear him right now I try to get that titty in his mouth and um I've scrubbed up that full scrubs on I'm ready to go we're going to give her local anesthesia runaway in. We're waiting on the doctor at that point. Uh, nurse Patty, uh,

comes in and says, we're not waiting on the doctor. He'll meet us there. We have, you know, a different surgeon here and we got to get started. I'm like, all right,

let's go. I'm walking and then another nurse comes through. And remember old boy? Mm-hmm. Capillary. Apparently, old boy was like, I'm not giving her local anesthesia.

I'm putting her under. There's, something wrong with her. At this point, everyone was like, we got to save the baby, we got to save the baby, we got to save the baby. Well, old boy's grunting around, thinking about trains, no doubt. He's like,

no, because it takes longer to do local. And he's like, we're going all the way under and we're doing this now. So he starts that, the surgeon shows up, they get in there, they open her up, and then that's where they discover that she is. And again, I'm sorry for people listening. I know this is

the heroin bleeding to death. All right. Inside, internally? Yeah, the backside of her uterus had a three centimeter cut. I don't know if my man tried to punch his way out because he'd been in there too long. I don't know what had went down. Yeah, that's your boy. Aileen chest buster.

I mean, probably the long labor mixed with, Potocin can be hard on the uterus because it makes it contract. Corey, are you all right? It's funny. I was thinking yesterday that I was going to have a panic attack and I was like, oh, I need to like chill out and shit. And like, you just did start giving me like flashbacks and shit. I don't physically feel it. But I was thinking when you were talking about walking to the room and all this has happened, everybody saying all this stuff. I was thinking in my head, I was like, I don't know.

Like with my newfound anxiety problems, I was like, I don't know if I could physically walk down that. Like, they'd have to get me. They had to give me a wheelchair, I think, because of like, I know, because when my anxiety gets real bad, it manifests. Be like Johnny Death and Blow. Like, hardcore trembling in my legs and shit. And it's like, I would be, I'd be a mess. Don't describe what I would be. It's like, I don't have to be strong for everybody else.

But like I'm saying, I'm, you know, I don't know what I would do. I didn't really know, I think, at this point. Like, to me, like, C-sections had become so routine. I knew that we needed to get the baby out. And I knew they were going to do it. and understand I didn't know she was bleeding when she left. I just was told you can't come in. Now, as far as my panic, it's funny, you guys probably remember this.

Andy fainted one time, but she fainted in the bathtub. Yeah, because she gave her a dog's pill. Yeah. You guys know. So she wouldn't wake up when that happened. And because she fainted while lying down, it looked weird. You know, it didn't look like a normal faint. Yeah.

So I thought she was dead then. Well, I'm bringing it all up to say, I was having a panic attack. when the fireman got there and they made fun of me, literally. Like you ever, you ever been laughed at by the hot fireman who's rubbing your wife's back?

My brother-in-law, yeah. Yeah. There he is. It's okay, buddy. That teddy not good enough. You want the formula? I like this. This is a fucking,

like, we're doing like a reality show right now. Yeah, we're in a moment, ain't we? Cribb, cribs. That's pretty good, crib, cribs. So I hadn't panicked yet at that point that we were just talking about. You want me to, you got it? I like when you feed the baby at first because they can't take a lot so it's like a little shot. You know what I mean?

Well, remember he's 42 weeks. This boy drinking. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Bain came a little touch early, so that makes sense. Yeah. So.

Wait, hold on. Just real quick. I never thought about that before. Like he, but his birthday is two, three days ago or whatever, right? Yeah. It always will be.

But he's, but he's more developed. He'll always be like, older. Kind of two weeks older than he actually is, like his whole life. I mean, I don't know about like, I don't know about like when puberty hits,

if that's still true. But at the moment, it's probably not two weeks. It's just that he was hungrier than Bain was. I don't, I don't know how else to say it. Yeah. I mean,

it makes sense. I mean, because they, change like every single like as soon as you have them every day they change so much so like he's been in there cooking well and mine both of mine came like three weeks early so if they had been born on like the same day as yours but three weeks early and yours are two weeks late five weeks it's like a lot of difference in a newborn it's just weird that they'd both be newborns but they'd be so at such different stages i never thought out of any of the i don't know how different they are i do know i guess i'll get to this that like that played into what happened with him when they got him out. So I have been walking. You need some out? I hope y'all can hear that, so I'm not just saying.

No, we can hear it. I'm going to take it out in post. So I think you're lying. They had taken me to like the pre-op room, which is where they would be when they were done. Right. And this is when things started getting weird. They told me that they were going to get her some blood. Women bleed during pregnancy.

I was still trying to talk myself into, like, you know, this being like, whatever. Cool. It gets a little fuzzy here. Adrenaline had kicked in. This is where I almost had a panic attack. I had to go, I hit my knees. I started to talk to God. Then I laughed at myself and got up.

I kept talking to God. I took the very breath you gave me. Yeah. Take a heart from my chest. I talked to Andy. I did that. I was like the way I was like, hey. Like while she was under?

Like it was going on and I was like, hey, you know, I don't think you want to leave, so don't. A nurse came in and was like, is there anyone you can call to sit with you? And I'd been texting our friend Anna, who's Andy's very close with. And I was like, yeah. And I just texted on it just because the nurse had just said that. I remember the moment I was looking down. The nurse, she's a labor nurse. She had fallopian tubes and sperm on her crocs, like pictures of them.

Yeah, right. So I'm like, look at this cartoon sperm. And this like, you know, nurse is saying, is anyone you can call? And I texted Anna. And I was like, I'm on my mom. I'm like, she's on her way. And then like a minute later it hit me. Like, oh, that's the person that's going to drive.

drive me home when they tell me my wife died. Oh, Jesus, man. And I was trying to- Is that really why they told you to do that? Like, you just had that thought or like, that's really what that was supposed to be? Well, it was definitely like this could go really bad. You need someone here in case it. Yeah, right, yeah.

Then they started telling me the baby was okay. And that was great. They were like, you have a beautiful, they actually only gendered him. Then she lied. It was the same girl. The one was sperm on her shoes. sperm shoes, accidentally gendered him, and then was like, I'm sorry. Oh, actually, I don't even know.

And I knew she was lying. And I was like, it's fine. I was like, it's fine. It doesn't matter. So she was like, you want to go see him? I was like, yeah, can I hold him? And they were like, you can't hold him yet. And I go, then I don't want to go.

I didn't want, I just, I couldn't leave that area by Andy. Yeah, of course. A few minutes later, they explained to me that I'll be even closer to her if I follow them to where he's at. I was allowed to touch him. I was like, well, can I touch him? And they were like, yes, you can't hold him, but you can touch him. I went, I saw him.

He was beautiful. They asked me his name. I said Silas. Andy and I had not settled yet. Silas was involved in almost every name. There was either the middle or the first name of every idea we have. So I said that. I touched him.

And I was like, I want to go back. Like, I got to be close to where she's at. And I felt, you know. So then I see him bringing blood. by and the dude's kind of like walking. And I used that to like tell myself, this is fine. Yeah, he's been running.

I think though, like, he probably wouldn't have been running because he could have spilled the blood all over the hospital and then she definitely would have died. You know what I mean? I think it was actually probably not what I thought it was. Imagine doing something like that. Imagine me doing that if I was in orderly or something. Like I'm running all the music going on.

Yeah. Like, comically. Like, Yeah, Yeah, Instead of, Instead of going and getting more,

you start, You start explaining blood bags You start explaining how it happened Why you're sorry? I was around of the corner

And the reason I was hurting is that she's actually Yeah They come and they say She's fine. Anna gets there, her friend Anna gets there.

This was very interesting when Anna and I talked about it later. They come and say she's fine and now I'm pure joy. Like the relief like, tears come to my eyes.

It's like, it's over that she's going to be fine. And then they started explaining what happened. Well, Anna had just gotten there. So she and I have the exact reverse experience. I have been ready to jump out of a fucking window. I had some of the darkest thoughts I've ever had. Just awful, even for me. I've been ready to jump out of a window.

Now they're like, she's fine. Pure relation. Anna doesn't really know what's going on. She just got there. She hears she's fine. Okay, cool. I'm in a good mood. And then he starts to explain what happened.

Well, I, dude, at that point, I wouldn't take anything else in. Of course. It was all fucking great news. It didn't matter what came out of his mouth. She's alive. She's going to be fine. But then I watched Anna. Anna, Anna's Persian.

She's very dark. I watched her turn white. As they said things like, she lost 3.7 liters of blood. We didn't know that she was bleeding until we got in there. That was a very dicey situation. You know, this is going to probably be a long road for the baby, et cetera, et cetera. Old boy comes back. And we're just sitting there listening. And the surgeon is saying all this. And man, I had one joke I wanted to do during this fucking whole thing. And then I blew it just now. I wanted to do one joke about how the surgeon was like, she lost all the blood.

and, you know, it was real dicey, and I was going to say, don't you hate it when they fucking brag? So he's, like, explaining things like calmly, which, you know, as you should, an old grunner comes up behind him, and he just looks it on it and he goes, that was real bad. She lost about half.

He was that. I mean, that's almost two, two liters of Pepsi being pouring out, which I would, that's a horrible. That's a horrible, you know, it's not anyways. You have more blood when you're pregnant. You have 50%. Everyone has about five liters. And if you're pregnant, you have about seven in a house.

So that's, you know, keep that in mind, people listening. I can't wait for some asshole to be like, actually, that's impossible. Yeah, honestly, I didn't even plan on going to this in a detail, but I guess it just feels good to say it all. from there for me you know it was mostly just all elation the next doctor i talked to was talking to me about rosco i said we'd get back to him being they really thought he was going to be in the hospital for a month based upon the way things went down and he was just fine he had he had to cough up some stuff and the fact that he was without oxygen uh her body stopped sending stuff to him and started taking care of her at some point.

The fact that that happened, they were worried about like neurological damage. They're not worried about any of that. He's already out. He got released before her. We're almost done because she's about to be released. But, you know, they were just like, and then one of the nurses said the fact that he's 42 weeks probably has something to do with that. He is strong and healthy and could take this.

Yeah. I mean, after that. had to wait her in to wake up. But things were, you know, pretty much as you'd expect. She couldn't have him because he was in the NICU. And she couldn't get to him for a little while because of her own issues and pain. Once that finally happened, that's when the pure joy and the reality of both what happened and what didn't happen. What could have happened said in for me, like watching her with him for the first time was when I think,

think I started to feel just pure love and joy and relief and happiness. And, you know, he took to her immediately. I mean, he latched immediately. He was like, oh, man, I've been waiting on that. That's my titty. Yeah, hell yeah. We've had some trouble since then, as is to be expected. But since then, the surreal part for me, you know, there's a lot of, there's no sleep.

There's a lot of, like, weird emotions. You kind of go through something. Me and Anna are trauma bonded, which is very, very, very. strange. Andy just woke up, you know, she, she had, she's definitely had some moments processing this. I'm not trying to act like it hasn't been emotionally hard on her. Of course it has been. But she just, she never knew. Andy had, thinking, please save my baby. And then woke up and they were like, hey, guess what? You were actually the one who was the closest. Right. Yeah, that's wild. And, you know, she's definitely had some emotions of thinking,

like processing, wow, I almost never met him, you know. Um, but, But I have been really waffling between feeling the best I've ever felt and feeling really low. Like that is sort of my existence right now. And I think one of the people, like they had a counselor come talk to us and was or a, well, no, it was a nurse, but she had, anyway, it doesn't matter. I guess that's like totally to be expected. That's like, that's all I got right now is living in that horrible moment and then being super pumped about what's going on. But we're on our way home. we're very excited to be going home.

We're very relieved. And, you know, I do feel bad. Andy didn't have the ideal thing that she wanted. She wanted to do a home birth. She wanted to do a natural birth. She wanted this very intimate moment. I mean, that was a big part of it for Andy. Do this with me, you know, Anna and the midwife at our home where he'll live with us,

have all these intimate moments. and that it was the opposite of that. There were fucking 30 people, and they're all talking to each other, and they're all nervous and blah, blah, blah, but we're really lucky. You know, we went to the hospital because the midwife told us to,

but she didn't tell us we had to. Oh, wow. It could have been, you know, a lot different. The anesthesiologist could have done things differently. The nurse who said, we're not waiting on him to get here. He can meet us in there. Could have done things differently.

Um, yeah, it's, uh, but I feel like I'm saying all this and I'm like, sort of focused on that negative part that we went through. You know, since then, we've had all these amazing moments. One nurse, the first time he met him, she couldn't walk. A nurse let her take her whole bed to the ICU. That's not in the rule book. Yeah, right. But they all knew because they all work with each other and they all work at different floors. They all knew what went down.

This is extremely rare. Like there was like many doctors trying to come by and be like, what happened, you know? It's like when a comic kills with a new joke or whatever, it was like, goddamn, dude. You got to do one? I've been one to do one. I think it's more like when Darren Knight got booed off stage of JFL. You know what I mean? Yeah, everybody wanted to watch, you mean?

Yeah, right. Or just everybody would be like, so what happened? God damn. I never heard no shit like that. That's crazy. Except like that was his fault and this is not her fault. But yeah, you know. And it really wasn't the surgeon's fault.

But yeah, I said I've been talking a lot about all that stuff, and it was really hard, of course. But I would also like to say that after that there's just been so many great moments when he came into our room. You know, when he got released from the NICU early, like earlier than they said. You know, they were like, this could be a – first they were like, this could be a month long. They were like, it could be two weeks. Then they were like, it's going to be three or four days. And they were like, come take this fucking kid from us. He's perfect.

He's strong. He's too strong. We have to swaddle him a way that we just learned, not the way we had learned, because the regular way won't hold my man back. He wants his hands by his face and he'll just pull right out, you know? Anyway, I had planned on being a little less sharing and a lot more charming than I just was. but I did want to say like it's been pretty fucking great since then.

Obviously emotions have been high. Obviously there's been some moments of sadness just for what all could have happened and not getting to do the plan the way we wanted to. Not to mention the bill, the financial side of this is going to ruin me forever. I ain't that in America. But we've had so much joy since then.

You know, I mean, you guys know, as dad's anybody's parents, just like he farts and it's the coolest thing that's ever happened. Yeah. You know, he kind of half makes a face that's probably because he smelled my fart, but I'm convinced he smiled. That's the coolest thing that's ever happened.

Awesome. So we've had a lot of that too. And we've been trying to not pretend like we didn't go through something, but just like hang on to that. What's great is that don't go away. It hasn't for me. like, you know, Bain's only seven months old, but like you still get to experience so many first.

Like I remember when we were in the hospital. Obviously, we had a way better go of it than y'all did. But like the second night we were there, I turned on the TV and there was a stone called Steve Austin biography on, and he was sitting in my lap. And out loud, I just went, I'm watching wrestling with my son. And I then like two seconds later it hit me

and I started fucking bawling my eyes out because I was like, holy fuck, that's so cool. Have you done the thing that happened? I don't know if it happened to Trey, but it happened to me, where I don't know how much you've slept or napped since all of this happened, knowing you probably not a lot. But like every time I would wake up, and this lasted for a couple weeks. Every time I would wake up, I would like remember that I was a father

and it would freak me the fuck out again. You know what I mean? Like you take a little nap, you wake up and you're like, wait, what? Oh shit. There he is. I've had more of the, and I know I'm sure both of you experienced this too, but this is a big part of what I've been having and it sucks. I've been having the wake up and is he alive?

And then I've also had, is she alive? Yeah, right. That will fade, I think, especially with her. The second part, well, I don't know, the second part for sure will. I was going to say with the kid, it doesn't, but it can I mean, it definitely does. It definitely does fade, but like I've said this before, I think on here, but like, I remember one time, you know, a few years ago, not all that long ago, before she was in a nurse. in home like i saw i saw i saw me maud do that to uncle tim because he was dozing on the couch like yeah uncle tim's like 60 years old or whatever you know me ma's 80 and uh she like he was dozing on the

couch and she like walked over and like put her hand up and under his nose or whatever like check to see if he was still breathing or whatever i still do that to bane so like and i don't i don't like go and check that they're still breathing but like i mean there will be times for you know i don't know i'll wake up the middle of the night and i'll just like it's a new fear dude i don't know You'll check, you'll check on it. But it will fight because I know what you mean. At that stage, it's like you just sit there and stare at him. You're convinced.

He is breathing, right? Like you think that all the time. Yeah. I want to get back to that thread because that's a good one and we can talk about broader experiences. But I want to say something before I forget. And I hope everyone's not paused this to go doing the thing. I'm about to say, please don't write me or Andy with your own traumatic story. Not because I'm not.

classic hour fans. Well, I just don't want to, I don't, I just really don't want her. Andy's very empathetic. I don't want her to have to be reminded over the next two weeks of what happened. And then think about the fact that it happened. I'm certain that something similar has happened to some of y'all. And I'm so sorry. And it sucks.

And I'm not saying don't eventually share that, but like maybe in two years, let's talk about it. It's still very raw for us. I asked Andy's permission to talk about this today. but I gave myself the caveat to let everybody know, like, but leave us alone. Like, it's fine to be like, I'm so glad you are okay, love you. And we really, really, really appreciate that. But like, don't, you know, don't try to like, what's the word?

Relate. Relate. Not because you can't, just because we don't want to relate right now. You're still going to get them for the record. Yeah, that was a good move. I was definitely a good move on your part with this particular outfit. It's natural. Yeah, he's my fuckers.

Yeah, it is natural. They got the stories, and they love to share them. Well, and like, she's had some friends. Sad stories, right. Well, she's had some friends reach out who've gone through some stuff, but I think that's helpful. It's just sometimes when it's like somebody you kind of just know from the internet, maybe it's not the move right now.

So I just wanted to say that. As far as the thread we were getting at, like, yeah, man, I definitely wake up and like, oh, shit, that's my son. But at the moment, unfortunately, it's followed by a little bit of anxiety. But I think all that's going to fade, not completely. ever, as you guys said, but maybe get to a normal amount. Hopefully relatively soon. I'm going to go ahead and say this, you know, talking about parents.

My parents are on the way. My mom about to be here. My mama going to make me feel a lot better. Oh, yeah. Just by existing. And she's going to help Andy too. What's that like? Sorry, Trey.

Yeah. You guys explain to me what that feels like a little bit? That must be cool. Corey, I'll take this one. Yeah, right. Yeah, it's pretty. Because I cannot imagine that. Because it's the exact opposite for me.

I know how to make you understand it. How we feel when our mama gets there is how you, when your leave. When mine leaves? Yes, right. Okay. That does help. Thank you. Yeah.

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all that stuff. But to me, it's not hard because it's hard. It's hard because it feels. so fucking huge. It's like, dude, like, waking up for 30 minutes and going back to sleep ain't a big deal. It's that for those 30 minutes, I'm like, oh, God, he's going to die. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's mentally, yeah. Yes, it's mentally exhausting. It's mentally fucking exhausting.

I would say that, like, most of the, when people say it's hard, I think what they really mean is, like, I'm very tired and it's mentally exhausting. And, like, again, that does get better. like, like, you know, obviously I still have to feed Bain. He still gets me up. But like, I'm so firmly enveloped in the routine that I know everything's going to be okay or whatever. But like, yeah, dude, you just going, you know,

it's just something you got to get used to. But yeah, man, like, especially after the bullshit that you went through. Like, why wouldn't your brain go to an insanely dark? Like, you're in fucking survival mode, which is hard. Well, even when it's not dark, though, it's like, I think the weight of this. Do you understand what I'm like, I'm like, no, it's not hard to be a awake right now. It's annoying.

But I'm quite capable of that. It's like what's so hard about being a new parent is that you feel like everything is so important. Yeah. So you're just like the most important thing in the world right now that I've ever done is this task and then the next task and then the next task. When I go off the dog, there's like a weird relief. I missed them immediately and I come right back.

But there's like a, oh, it's nice. not to be in the room where I'm afraid the thing's going to stop living. Yeah, for sure. And you'll look back on that and be like, why was I so worried? That's such a mundane thing. But like, yeah, man, absolutely. Like, you know, like feeding a baby is how you do it no different than watering flowers. It's just that if you water the flowers wrong, who gives the fuck is your new flowers.

You know what I mean? Do you agree with that, Trey? Go ask Katie. Kind of no. Well, because, because I was going to say, If I had a kid now, or especially if I had my first kid now, I'd be racked with all that, I know. But at 25, I mean, honestly, not really. I did the thing where I did the thing where like, I'd wake up and I'd be like, he is breathing, right?

He's still breathing. You know, whatever. I did that. But I never, it, I was not plagued with anxiety about fucking it all up or it going wrong or something being back. Like that type of shit never really entered my mind back then. If I had a kid now, I know for a fact it would because I'm very different mentally in a way that don't hit. And so I know I'd have that now. But no, who I was and how old I was when I had mine, I didn't really have to deal with that, which I suppose now retroactively I'm grateful for.

Yeah, I told my mom that the reason that we are designed to have kids younger than ostensibly any of us are ready to, like we can all procreate as humans before we're really ready to is if you wait too long, you're talking yourself out of it. Oh, yeah. Yeah, right. It's just crazy. Of course. Yeah, for sure. Absolutely.

Yeah, that's definitely part of it. But no, I never really thought about any of that until y'all just talked about and I was listening to you and I was like, yeah, I don't remember feeling that way. But again, I was 25-year-old dip shit, you know, or whatnot. Yeah, they're like, what is it, the something of youth? What's that phrase? Folly. A blissful, ignorant, the folly of youth.

I don't know. I was going to show you my man, but he's on the tit right now. From a financial standpoint, and a mental maturity and all that shit standpoint. Like, in my mind, it's like, I had bane at the exact, exact fucking right time. But all that stuff, you were just saying. However, leading up to him getting here, there was, I had so many different conversations in my head that 23-year-old Corey, who thought the world would never end and everything was going to work out would have never fucking thought of. You know what I mean?

Well, because I used to tell people, when they'd talk about maybe having babies or anything, And, you know, I used to be like, like, you guys were saying it's like, I'm so, if I, oh, if you water the plant wrong, no one cares. But if you fuck this up, it's like, like, worrying about that type of shit. I was like the opposite. I'd tell people all the time. I was like, dude, you figure it out. I was like, it's like, it's instinctual. It comes to you.

I was like, it's not a big deal. Like, you, you fucking, you figure it out. Because that was how I felt, you know, like, that was how I always felt about it. No, that makes sense. And I always heard you say that and I believed it. And it's already happening. I don't think I'm sitting there feeding him like, I'm going to, this up. It's it's like this feeling of like this being the most important thing in the world

to feel like that all the time is exhausting. That's really what I'm getting at. It's like, oh, that's what's so tiring about this is that it has to be done and it has to be done now. Yeah, that, yes, that part is. What do you get like sick or something? Right. You know what mean? You and Andy are both sick. You and Andy are both sick as fuck. Like it ain't going to matter to him at all. Right. Or like, you know, hungover, right? Yeah. Again, my 20, you know, that was a big part of me finally cutting back a little bit because a kid, a toddler, a baby.

Don't get a fuck if you're hungover, you know, like all that type of shit. Yes, that part's true where it's like there are no days. Like, I remember, you know, I mean, not to make, not to bring trauma back into it. But like, you know, when Bishop was oneish and Benton was like being born and was a newborn, my dad was dying of pancreatic cancer. And there were like, and like people in Salina, you know, and Benton also, if y'all remember or ever even knew, but when he was born, he was real little, he got RSV, which is not that big of a deal, but it's like for a newborn, it's potentially a big deal.

Right. And like, he was having trouble breathing and all this stuff. And my dad died when he was two weeks old. So like, Bent was born, he got RSV, my dad dies two weeks later. During this period, like, you know, people in Salina are texting me. me and stuff, purple, my sister, whoever being like, listen, I think you need to get up here, like, because it ain't looking good or whatever. And I was texting them back. I was like, okay, but like, what if my baby dies, right? I mean, it's like, I got a sick baby. I got a sick dad

and a sick baby. It's like, I think he would want me to stay here. Like, I don't know what I'm supposed to do, you know, and, uh, and everybody, you know, did kind of get that. But then I ended up just going up there, you know, right at the very end, basically. But, uh, I can't even remember why I brought that up or how it was relevant. You're just telling me how hard it is, dude. It's like, it's hard. Oh, no, you can't, you cannot. The whole, like, there is no option of not dealing with this or what, like, what type of thing.

It's like I'm saying, like I had a dad who was dying of cancer and I felt like I still, for that, I could not leave. Because I was like, I cannot leave Katie here with a one-year-old and a newborn with fucking breathing problems and RSV and shit. And, in fact, I didn't leave until her mom drove up and got to our. house so that I could leave. Like her mom got up there and she was like, now go be with your family or whatever. But yeah, that whole thing of like, and I remember afterwards,

my sister, Paige, who just tore all to hell because of course she was, right? And I like was all fucked up to, you know, I bottle things up and all that shit. So I was more fucked up than I let on. But like Paige is,

I went back to like living my life and all this. And I remember Paige being like, I can't do anything. I can't function. I'm so racked with grief and all this stuff. She's like, I don't understand how you're doing any of this. I was like,

page, I don't have a lot of life. an option. I was like, I have no choice. I was like, I have two babies. Like, I, what am I? It's not up to me. Like, I don't, I don't have the option. Did he freeze or collapsing? He'll be back. I don't have the option of collapsing into grief, you know, right now. Like, I just, I can't, because it really do be like that. You know what I'm like? Yeah, it would be like that. And honestly, like, there's parts of that that are like, it sounds all horrible, but like, there's, and I'm not in any way, advocate.

by the way, hey, if you're depressed, having a baby will solve it. Don't do that. That is insane. But I will say this, having that thing that is a, I literally cannot wallow today, I can't. It doesn't matter if I fucking want to. I can't. Has honestly really, it's a good thing in a way. Like, it's hard when you've got, when you're hard when you do, because I've had some other

things happen with my friends and family over the past couple months. And like, I've basically had to be like, look, Amber's at work and I've got to take care of the kid. And I'm very sorry, but like, you know, this is my obligation. I have to take care of this kid. And like, you do, it does like, I have a sense of purpose unlike I have ever had in my life. I've always, like, wanted to achieve things. Like, I've always been a very driven person. I'm a hard worker.

I'm goal oriented. But like, bruh, I've never been in my life more focused on being a, being anything than I have been like being a good dad. Like it encompasses me. I think it makes everything else better. But like for all the negatives of like, holy shit, you know, I'm obligated for this. Like I love that part of it, honestly. Well, that's like it reminds me of that whole thing. That whole thing we just described.

It's like, we have no other choice. We have to do this. And it's like, I remember there'd be times when the boys were real little. And they didn't even know really what they were asking. But they'd be like, I don't know. I don't even know where they'd get the idea. But they'd ask something like, you know, because they don't understand money or something. Like, what if we run out of money completely?

What if we can't buy food? well if we don't have a house anymore you know three-year-olds ask you shit like that they don't understand what they're asking but i remember you know telling them like uh uh you know it's like that's not going to happen like how do you know and i'm like because that's just not an option i ain't fucking let it like that's not let it that that whole thing there there's this this is corny but i there's this there's this scene in fargo season two where patrick wilson's character is talking about that with uh kirsta dunce's case he's talking about that exact thing and he was Like, he was like, that's the boulder that all men push.

He's like, that's the burden that all of us carry. He was like, and we act like it's our burden, but really it's our privilege. Of course. And that shit gives me chills every time I watch it. I'll go back and just rewatch that scene sometimes just because of that because, like, that's how hard it hits for me. So, yeah, one of the coolest things, this is really directly related to that. One of the reasons my parents are coming, they were already planning on coming is because I have a thing I'm supposed to do coming up. and I haven't decided if I'm going to do it or not.

It's a big opportunity for me and my family. It could be, or it could be nothing because we are in the weirdest and worst industry in the world. But I don't know if I can. I don't know if I should. But I talked to my dad about it. I was like, hey, you know, I was planning on being out of town this weekend. I don't know if I can now. But even if I can, I don't know if I should.

And we had this conversation. And he was in that, you know, I laid it all out for him. And he was like, well, first of all, there's no right or wrong answer here. You're going to have a hundred of these in the next month. They may not be as big or direct as this, but the rest of your life is trying to do what's best for your family. And, you know, Drew, I'm a realist. You got to have money. I work the way, you know.

Now, your situation this weekend is different and blah, blah, blah. but it was a really memorable and important conversation to me that I think I'll remember for the rest of my life, where my dad was just very, matter of fact, as he always is. And he didn't pull any punches. And we had a real good talk about, like, you know, we're talking about my comedy career. We're definitely talking about my ego. And we can't pretend like we're not. But we're also talking about how I make money right now.

and the best way I know to make money right now, at least quickly. Anyway, he didn't pull any punches, but he was just very blunt about what you were just talking about, Trey. And he said to me, this is never going to go away until they're completely grown. And even then, it kind of will still be there. And he said, and you're not going to want it to. Right. And that was the part that was, like, touched on what you were saying, Trey, was he was like, I know this sounds like hard and all that, but like, he didn't say privilege,

but that's kind of what he was, you know, describing. I am, though, I'm going to have to go. We have a thing that we've got to do to get out of here. Yeah, get out of there. Please, God. Get the hell out of there. We definitely need to get out of here. All right.

Well, thanks for sharing, buddy. I'm glad everything worked out. Obviously, congratulations. And, uh, all right. Enjoy that, babe. Thanks. Well, there, Drew. went with a tumultuous experience he's had over here in my parenting life. Benton is away

from home for the first time overnight right now for two days. What's he doing? They out here, we never did nothing like this. I don't know if y'all did, especially not in like fifth grade, but out here in fifth grade in particular, they take a three day, two night trip to Big Bear to this like science camp. The whole class does. So we did that in Washington, D.C. yeah actually yeah see we never of course of course we fucking didn't my mama was a chaperone though bro i remember like we went to like six flags in Atlanta or something

we do like left at four in the morning drove down there and came back that night like shit like that like we you know we had no money no resources for no we never did nothing that fucking hit anyway it might have just been the gifted class i can't remember but yeah i mean i was in the gifted class we i mean no my gifted class work

fucking yeah right we were in special ed like like i literally was in gifted doing special ed homework because the teacher didn't want to make us feel any make them feel any different than us or whatever because all the gifted kids were even though they were already riding a different bus and in a different classroom yeah right but the for anybody that don't I try I had a bit about this for a while and I might try to bring it back because I felt like I never really it was it used to annoy me because it was never hitting as hard as I thought it should because I think

it's hilarious just but it's true like gifted in most school districts falls under the umbrella of special education right that's true everywhere, usually. But like, so in Salina, because it's such a tiny school and the resources are so strapped and so limited and all that. And it's such an impoverished area. That means that there's, in my high school, there was one classroom for all special education activities.

And that included gifted. So me and the other like four or five gifted kids were in a classroom with the special ed kids, including the ones who were like, you know, like cataclysmically R-Wited, right? medically speaking, that's the classroom where Skybone went. Tell the story. So the very, very, very, very, profoundly mentally handicapped kid that was in our class, he was sitting, we'll call him Big D, right?

Because, of course, he was big and strong, naturally. Big old dick, too. Because he pulled his whole pants and underwear down to piss in the bathroom every time. You know, classic stuff, right? Did I ever tell you Big Ed's theory on why the, Those types of people have huge dicks. Because they don't have no blood in their brain, or they got extra blood that don't need to run their brain or something like that. It was that God makes your dick and your brains out of the same stuff, and he starts from the bottom up.

So if he accidentally gives you too much dick, he don't have any left to go up, which is oftentimes why really smart people have tiny decks. Well, that's actually, that's actually, because I don't know how far he went with the bed or whatever, but as a premise, there's a whole lot of meat on that bone because we all know that, like, dudes think with their dick. you know what I mean? Yes. So like there's actually, there's definitely something there totally. So Big Ed was like on to something. But anyway, yeah, Big D, he sat in the back every day. He had his own computer and he's just back there doing, you know,

you know, clicking around on animal noises or, you know, count one through 50 or whatever. I'm saying, dude, like he couldn't do much, right? Of course. And so he sat in the back of the class or on the computer, clicking around on stuff with his headphones on every day. And everybody mostly just ignored him, let him back, left. him back there to do his thing or whatnot. And after weeks of class, we found out that Skybone, right, who was in the, who was one of the, like, black kids I went to school with you.

I mean, you know, Skybone from Facebook. You remember, you know. And my grade, my whole life grew up with him. And he was, and I love Sky, but he was in special ed. And he, uh, he, we found out weeks in that he had been going, he'd like been coming to class early and going back there every day before the teacher got in there. and playing 3-6 mafia in Big D's headphones that he wore every day. So, like, so he was sitting back in the back, click around his computer here, like,

Slav on my knob, like corn, on the cop, check it with me, and do your job. Yeah, fuck you. I thought that was one of the funniest goddamn things I'd ever heard in my life when I found out that he's. Because he didn't tell nobody for weeks. Like, he just went back, he would just go back there and do it. every day for weeks before anybody found out. That's the funniest part to me and also the sweetest part to me. Yeah, you just hooking him up, you know.

That's what I'm saying. If he's not telling anybody, he's not doing it to hit for people. It seems like he's like, you know what, man, this might be the only way he ever hears Juicy Jay. And that fucking sucks. I'm going to make it happen. Yeah. Oh, God. So anyway, we never took no overnight trips, but they do out here.

and that's where Benton is and Katie's all, she ain't been crying or nothing at all, but she keeps just been like, you know, it's so weird. It's so weird without Benton being here and all this stuff, which I mean, you know,

it is. So that's where my head has been at lately for a while now. Like, and you and Drew having babies is a huge part of it. I just wrote Benton a note before he left. Oh. Well, I mean,

they, you know, um, I'm obviously happy to do it, but I don't know that I would have had the idea to do it. if, like, the teachers hadn't said, like, hey, there's a part of this where we read parent notes if you want to write a note or whatever. So, but, of course, when I was- How fucking long was yours? It was just a page front and back.

And I ended it by saying, like, I know you've been rolling your eyes throughout this whole thing. So I'm going to stop. Because, you know, of course, they're like, like, he left you're saying, you know, Katie's like, I get a hug. And he's like, no. And she's like, okay, uh, love you. I'm not ready for that, dude. I'm not ready for that. Their mind have always been that way as little boys.

I mean, said when they were like real little kids. Yeah. I mean, I mean, since they've been like school age, which comes back to the whole thing I'm trying to say, I put it in the letter that I wrote to him. I was like, I don't know if you're aware, but Corey and Drew both of babies this year and it's made me think a whole lot about how big you and your brother are getting. And all of a sudden, the letter was like, I just can't believe it or whatnot. But, you know, internally, it's like profoundly bittersweet. Of course. Yeah, because you're doing your job.

They're growing. I used to always say, like, I just think sometimes it's like, you know, they're not little anymore. and they'll never be little again. Ever. Like that, that period of my life is over forever. Yeah. It really makes you.

They're so sweet when they're little and all this stuff. And also I'm dreading kind of the full-blown teenage years. They're tweens right now. And they're both real good kids. They probably won't be hellions, I hope. But like, it's just,

yeah, it's what's supposed to happen and you're happy to see it and all that. I tell people when they were younger, I'd be like, you know, when I'm 44, 45, 44,

I think. When I'm 44, you know, both my kids would, be grown and off to college and all that stuff. That's still pretty young and whatnot. But now that I'm more than halfway there, I'm just looking at them like,

fucking stop. Please stop. Except, of course, I don't want them to stop. Like, yeah, of course. Like,

but I'm just saying, I look, I just want to slow down time because I just cannot fucking believe. Like we, we took, Bishop started middle school this year and we took Bishop middle school the first day.

And I was looking around and I was like, what kind of after school special shit is this? These fucking kids are like, like walking around with skateboard. fucking holding hands and sheds. I saw him vaping and stuff, not literally, but it felt like that.

You know what I mean? Because it's like he's in school with the seventh and eighth graders. Right. And it's like a fucking, yeah, like, you know,

a trashier CW show or something is what it looks like over there because they're not all supermodels. Although we are in Burbank. So, you know, a lot of good looking kids over there, Cor.

Yeah, when Amber, speaking of Bing growing up, when we first had Bain, like, you know, Amber, pretty soon after that,

Amber was talking about, She was like, well, she's like, obviously, I don't care, but it would be really neat if our next one is a girl. And I'm hearing this and I'm just going, because, you know, it took us a long time to get pregnant. It was a whole thing. And I was like, fucking next one. And in my brain, I'm like, holding Bain, I was like, I can't compute right now being able to give everything I have for him to something else. Like, I can't, like, in my brain, I'm like, there, I know. And I know that I will.

I know that I will. But I was like, in my brain, I'm like, how could I love something, you know, more? And then I was also like, hey, why don't we just have one and do it really good with this one? And now that he's getting to where he doesn't want to sleep on my chest as much and all this stuff, I'm like, oh, this is why people start getting baby fever, even if they've got a couple, because the baby part is so fleeting, but so awesome that like Amber could probably talk me into having a million. You know what I mean? I just also, even at 20 something, I mean, that's why Benton happened. Like, Bishop was not on purpose. I was 24 when she got pregnant.

She was 25. Like, we definitely were not planning that. We had long-term plans with each other. We talked about getting married. We lived together already and all that. But we weren't planning on having babies yet. So he happened, you know, accidentally. But after he happened, like, Benton was like a, he was planned because we both talked about it.

And we both agreed. But, like, the thing is you, your experience with getting pregnant was very different. And, like, Drew's experience with the pregnant. And C was very different. For us, we didn't have any of that. We both agreed we were like, we didn't want to have an only child. And I never really had. And like I said, your circumstances are different.

And so are Drew's. I wouldn't blame either of y'all for not doing it again. I totally get it. But like, when I was thinking about having kids and I was younger and stuff, I was, I was always like, yeah, I don't want an only child. I'd rather them have somebody to grow up with and, you know, and that type of thing. No, I completely agree. But my only argument was like, he's got so many cousins that are going to be. be like close to him.

Well, that's true. I don't have that, but that's a good point. Right, right. That was my point to Amber. She's like, I don't want him to grow up as an only child. And I was like, okay, but he won't really grow up like your prototypical only child because our families are ridiculously closed. Right.

He's got two cousins that he can literally walk to their house where his grandpa's right there. He's got Laura James. I was like, so just if that's your only reason for wanting to have another one, maybe think, maybe think it through. But, you know, I would. love to have, you know, I would, I would love to have a little girl. I might be the only, I, obviously, I didn't give a, I just wanted a healthy baby, but, you know, most dudes around here, like, you know, it really pisses me off, because I see it with people that I know,

they'll do like a gender reveal and the husband will be like visibly mad when it's a girl, you know, and it's like, it's like, first off, dude, maybe fake it, because you look like an asshole right now. And I was not in any way disappointed when I found out Bain was a boy, but I actually was like, leaning girl because I had, you know, been helping raise Laurie. James and I love, you know, little girl. So like, you know, I would, I would dig that. But so at the end of the day, I'm going to do whatever the fuck Amber wants to do. Sure.

Let's just say that because that's what I did in the first one because, as you know, I wasn't against having a kid, but I also was not like, oh my God, we've got to have a kid. I was just like, hey, whatever you decide to do, I'll either be the best father ever or will be the most fun couple that can drop anything and go to France whenever. Now, now that we've had it, I cannot even put myself back in the headspace. of me not wanting it. You know what I mean? Right.

Like I can't even, like, what the fuck was my life before? What the fuck was I doing that mattered or what the fuck was I worried about? Like, what stresses did I have for the love of God? Yeah, that's a good point. It's a wild, wild thing, baby. It sure is. I think we should. You know what else is wild, Trey?

What? We have a book out. We have a fucking book out. Harper Collins just sent me a whole bevy of them to my house. What are we supposed to do with those? Well, I think you're supposed to sell them on the road, probably. I don't think so. Well, they're just ours then.

I think we send them to our friends, you know, famous people. I mean, I'm not saying I shouldn't be selling them on the road. I mean, the ones they send to me, I don't think are for that purpose. We should know, but we don't. Yeah, I'm just going to hang on to them, maybe give them to my famous friends. You know, it's like, hey, you hit, and I hit, and here's a book I wrote the hits. It's called Round Here and Over Yonder. It's a Hillbilly Travel Guide.

It's selling like crazy. We were number one in England travel over the weekend, which is wild. And number one in travel writing and commentary on Audible. You can get it. I would suggest that you get it on Audible. That's just me. Look, I say get both. Get the physical copy so we can sign it one day and you can read along.

But get the Audible. It's us reading it. It's great. I love it. Get it now wherever you get your books or in the link of this podcast. Trey, what do you have going on? Oh, I've got a private event this weekend, but next weekend. next Wednesday through Saturday I'll be in Washington State, Spokane, and then Tacoma.

So come and see me up there. Then I got Boston coming up and the Carolinas. I don't know. Go to Treycrouter.com. Come and see me. Yeah. Listen to weekly skews and putting on airs. Make it hit.

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I think I know who did it. Maybe you do. That's Colonel Cornbread in the case of the Confederate Ruby at part-time funnyman.com. Thank you all for listening to The Well-Red Show. We'd love to stick around longer, but we got to go. Tune in next week if you got nothing to do. Thank you. God bless you.

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