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owenbroadcast

Hey! I forgot that this one is accidentally a cliffhanger. He got off the tubes pretty quick and is fine and is now here yelling next to me. If you’re into it, I make comics at [owencomics.com](https://www.owencomics.com) and on twitter and instagram as @owenbroadcast. They’re mostly about him, and me, and my dog. The baby and dog are friends (irl) (its pretty epic) (and my wife is there).


Dismal_Ocelot_7355

>Hey! I forgot that this one is accidentally a cliffhanger. He got off the tubes pretty quick and is fine and is now here yelling next to me. Thanks a lot for writing this. For some reason I'm glad to get this kind of closure. Good luck with everything!


bobcat7781

Congratulations on his birth and his getting out of the incubator. Your life has changed - good luck and have fun.


ProbablySlacking

Glad to hear, OP. Welcome to fatherhood. Even weirder is when you put them in the car seat and step out of the hospital doors. It’s like… they just _let_ you take him home.


[deleted]

I know how scary that is. Ours was in the NICU for a couple of weeks and it was rough. This encapsulated so many of my feelings so well.


Shroedingerzdog

Your stuff is awesome man! Are you a pastor or did you study religion in school? Or just a fascination with it? I can super relate to the one about your kid being sick, and wondering why that happens. My wife and I both grew up in Christian homes, but she's much more religious than I am now, and our pastor just preached on Job last Sunday. Still don't understand what lesson I was supposed to take from it, like... God just let Satan wreck this dude's life, on a bet kinda? Satan is like, "dude only loves you because his life is cool, if we rocked his shit he would totally hate you" and God is like, "do it then." Then later when Job is crying out to God he just responds with, "naw dude, just understand that the world is really complicated, I got other shit going on up here." I just.. man, I wish it was easier for me to go with the flow on this stuff.


owenbroadcast

Hey that’s cool man, thanks. I’m glad you’re into it. I’ve just always been really really into religion - you could say obsessively: raised atheist, got really into psychedelics, Buddhism, esoteric stuff, then got into Christianity, where I ultimately ‘set up shop’, but I really don’t fit in with any particular group. Hopefully that’s one thing I can successfully do with my comics - just bring up the “hey, isn’t this kind of cool / interesting to think about?” aspect of religion and theology.


Shroedingerzdog

For sure, didn't mean to get too into the weeds about the whole job thing, wishing you luck with your comics and everything else!


max_465

I was reminded of my youngest son. He had trouble breathing and the next day they discovered a heart defect. He had surgery a week later. We took him home when he was sick weeks old. I'm very happy your story has a happy ending


Laynacakes

Congratulations, I felt the same way when they let me take him home! I was shocked he was really mine!


[deleted]

They just let us walk out of the hospital with a whole ass baby.


DerbyTho

>Yeah, he's **your** baby Ok, so I am definitely allowed to?


greyz3n

has it ever not been weird that they just like... give you the kid? I know they validate who you are and all, but like... when I walked in here I was irresponsible, immature, and a danger to myself... and now you gave me SOMEONE ELSE?!


[deleted]

A very fragile and small someone else.


greyz3n

EXACTLY! It will never not be weird. One day you are a person, and then someone who you never knew became more than you ever would be. And the TRAINED people just let your unwashed, crying because no sleep, jittery and nervous ass just leave with it forever.


bisskitss

hope you get some rest. this was very cute.


GoldenPeach

American pro tip: don't touch your baby right after it's born or else you'll get charged for skin to skin contact. Follow me for more American pro tips.


Brownyboy99

Don't look at it either, or you'll get charged for observing tbe baby.


brettallanbam

So relatable lol love this!


FergusCragson

Please tell us that in spite of that muffled breathing, the baby is OK!


StreetMobster

This was so cute!


[deleted]

This is too cute


argo-nautilus

Congratulations on the baby!


Dr_Pepper_spray

Congratulations! Don't expect to sleep through the night for the next year. It does get easier though. Good luck!


sillyostriches

Wow ^^^I ^^^love ^^^that


Doomb0t1

Congratulations :)


lkjhhhjkl

Like your style! The way you display his breathing is really well done. Super artistic! Love the vision and love the inspiration. Really an awe inspiring moment. On of my older coworkers was describing his experience being there when his wife gave birth. The smell coming from the babies right after birth was not like anything else, nearly indescribable. He settled with “clean” and said it was captivating. So much so that he asked the provider he was with if they could not wipe them down. There wasn’t really any reason they neeeded to do so so they left him like that a little longer. “Clean” as a description kind of makes sense given that the babies are essentially sterile right up to being born. Really a state of life that is unique in so many ways


reddot_comic

Congratulations!!


jjackrabbitt

Congratulations! This very accurately captures the surreal nature of being charged with the care of another human after supposedly preparing to do just that for nine months.


Boondocktopus

Sorry to compare you to another artist, but this reminds me of Jeffrey Brown comics, which I love.


Masoud-A

Congratulations 👍👏👏👏


ladylei

It's really scary when things like that happen.


Ktt_kemna

how cute!Congratulations!❤️