I’m Back…sort of.

Posted on 03.30.07 in Family and there are 11 comments.

The smallest person and I just got home from the hospital so I thought I’d pop in and let you know that both he and I are doing well.

It didn’t start out that way though…

I had to have an emergency c-section. Just about 45 minutes after we arrived at the hospital for my scheduled induction, I had a rare type of contraction called a tetanic contraction. This type of contraction doesn’t let up and it was constricting him so much that his heart slowed and eventually stopped. They rushed me to the OR, told Jimmy to kiss me at the door and then they took me in.

I can’t imagine how scary it must have been for Jimmy. Literally, one minute the nurses were declaring how healthy I was, that the baby was doing great and should be born in a matter of hours, to doctors being paged, nurses running down the hall and Jimmy being told that he couldn’t come with me and he just had to wait.

Some dear friends of his rushed to the hospital while their wives called everyone to pray for our little guy and for the situation.

The good news is that despite an intense 30 minutes for everyone, our son is in perfect health. Jimmy is in the living room right now playing with him. Well, staring at him. Newborns don’t really do all that much.

The amazing thing about the whole story is that if my doctor hadn’t scheduled an induction - at that time - I would have had that tetanic contraction at home, and the outcome might not have been as happy. What a knowing and loving and soverign God we serve.

Thanks for your prayers. They mattered more than you know.

I’ll post some pics of our little guy later today.

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