As you can see from the photo, our beautiful Kaitlyn Leigh arrived at 1:22 this afternoon. She's a bit unhappy in the photo but so peaceful and angelic looking otherwise. Her birth weight was a respectable 7 lbs. 8 oz. and she measures 19" in length.
As for our daughter, Shannon, she came through everything beautifully. For someone who grew up thinking a paper-cut caused excruciating pain, she does pretty well at being a good trooper.
Unfortunately we haven't been able to get too many photo opps with the baby today. For some reason, Kaitlyn is having trouble adjusting to life outside the womb. In a nutshell (from my limited knowledge), she's having trouble breathing. Her lungs are developed and xrays showed no excess fluid accumulation. Her medical team remains optimistic but would prefer to err on the side of caution with such a tiny one. So, the decision was made tto transfer her from Allen Bennett in Greer to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Greenville Memorial tonight, "to be on the safe side." She's been kept in a special care area most of the day with only brief visits with her family. They will try to get Shannon moved there tomorrow but right now they are full and it could be late tomorrow before she can get in. Josh was going to follow the ambulance but was told he wouldn't be able to see her tonight. My heart breaks to know she's there alone and can't even hear the voices of her parents.
I'll update here as we learn more. Please, if you would, take a moment and pray for Kaitlyn, her family, and medical care providers.
I know Shannon and Josh are really feeling blind-sided by all of this. While the news is distressing, there are a number of positive points mentioned by the doctors and that helps us to stay cautiously calm at this point.
Night-night precious Kaitlyn. We love you...
As for our daughter, Shannon, she came through everything beautifully. For someone who grew up thinking a paper-cut caused excruciating pain, she does pretty well at being a good trooper.
Unfortunately we haven't been able to get too many photo opps with the baby today. For some reason, Kaitlyn is having trouble adjusting to life outside the womb. In a nutshell (from my limited knowledge), she's having trouble breathing. Her lungs are developed and xrays showed no excess fluid accumulation. Her medical team remains optimistic but would prefer to err on the side of caution with such a tiny one. So, the decision was made tto transfer her from Allen Bennett in Greer to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Greenville Memorial tonight, "to be on the safe side." She's been kept in a special care area most of the day with only brief visits with her family. They will try to get Shannon moved there tomorrow but right now they are full and it could be late tomorrow before she can get in. Josh was going to follow the ambulance but was told he wouldn't be able to see her tonight. My heart breaks to know she's there alone and can't even hear the voices of her parents.
I'll update here as we learn more. Please, if you would, take a moment and pray for Kaitlyn, her family, and medical care providers.
I know Shannon and Josh are really feeling blind-sided by all of this. While the news is distressing, there are a number of positive points mentioned by the doctors and that helps us to stay cautiously calm at this point.
Night-night precious Kaitlyn. We love you...
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How is everyone doing today?
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