Jack was born August 5th at 12:36 pm, weighing in at 6 lb. 1 oz, 18 inches long. He is the cutest thing you've ever, ever seen. Even one of the nurses at the hospital said he was the cutest baby there! So it's absolutely true! That nurse had no reason to be prejudice in Jack's favor.
Wendy ended up developing HELLP Syndrome and became very, very sick. She and Kimball went to the hospital on Sunday, but they didn't do the tests necessary to catch the problem and Wendy was sent home. Monday night Wendy was again very ill and in a lot of pain, and Tuesday morning Kimball took her back to the hospital. This time the staff did a blood test and boy, when the results came in they started hopping. Wendy had an emergency c-section--general anesthetic--almost immediately. Brian Timmins, who visited a couple of days later, said out of five thousand deliveries he's done that only 2 have been general anesthetic. It was serious!
Wendy had a 4 day hospital stay and went home today. Mother and baby are both doing great. It's so fun seeing Jack! We are all totally in love.
Being a Grandma is already wonderful. I'm happy to join the ranks. :)
3 comments:
Oh, congratulations Monta!!! I am so, so, so glad that things turned out okay with both Wendy and baby Jack. I was so shocked and worried when I found out what was happening! What a blessing that we live in this day and age where problems like this can be solved. I don't even want to imagine what would have happened 50 or 100 years ago!
I can tell how proud you are by looking at you in the pictures. I love it! Jack really was perfect.
His is absolutely precious! Thank goodness for the miracle of modern medicine! There is nothing like that first grandchild. You will be the best grandma with great stories and you can take him hiking and running, etc.!
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