So if you don't know what the definition of the word naive is let me tell you. Being naive is when you think that because millions of people before you have done the very same thing as you're getting ready to do, without incident, that your experience will be the same. Life ain't always beautiful or predictable, in fact the only thing predictable about life is that it's unpredictable. Thursday April 3rd my wife, Bethany, and I headed to Randolph Hospital in Asheboro to "have our baby". We were looking forward to being home by the weekend and enjoying the next week off with our new daughter. This is where life got interesting. Bethany went into active labor at 11:45 p.m. Thursday and was still in labor with no signs of a let up more than 17 hours later! Absurd. Bethany's doctor decided it would be necessary to deliver through a C-Section. After about a 30 second conversation with the doctor and ourselves Bethany and I were whisked away to an operating room to finally deliver the baby.
The C-Section went smoothly and as planned, however our baby's lungs were not formally formed yet, her having been delivered at week 37, 3 weeks earlier than planned. Maggie was not breathing on her own when she was pulled from Bethany's womb and had to be artificially respirated. Two days later, after the doctors decided they did not have the technology needed to treat Maggie's problems the decision was made to transfer her to Brenners Children's Hospital in Winston Salem.
For the next 13 days Maggie was treated at Brenner's for what her doctor, Dr. Stephen Parsons, diagnosed her with, Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). RDS is a condition that fewer than 5 percent of children born at her age suffer from. Again, life is unpredictable. Bethany and I only slept in our own bed once in the 13 days after Maggie's delivery. In and out of hotel rooms, waiting rooms, and the local chapter of the Ronald McDonald House, finally we got the news we had been hoping and praying for.
Thursday April 17th the three of us were discharged from the hospital and headed home. God is truly amazing. When our morale was at it's lowest, God was at His strongest. I truly believe that if it were not for the hundreds of people praying for us the outcome could have been very different. Thanks to all who were with us in this time, who prayed for us, and helped provide for our needs.
The C-Section went smoothly and as planned, however our baby's lungs were not formally formed yet, her having been delivered at week 37, 3 weeks earlier than planned. Maggie was not breathing on her own when she was pulled from Bethany's womb and had to be artificially respirated. Two days later, after the doctors decided they did not have the technology needed to treat Maggie's problems the decision was made to transfer her to Brenners Children's Hospital in Winston Salem.
For the next 13 days Maggie was treated at Brenner's for what her doctor, Dr. Stephen Parsons, diagnosed her with, Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). RDS is a condition that fewer than 5 percent of children born at her age suffer from. Again, life is unpredictable. Bethany and I only slept in our own bed once in the 13 days after Maggie's delivery. In and out of hotel rooms, waiting rooms, and the local chapter of the Ronald McDonald House, finally we got the news we had been hoping and praying for.
Thursday April 17th the three of us were discharged from the hospital and headed home. God is truly amazing. When our morale was at it's lowest, God was at His strongest. I truly believe that if it were not for the hundreds of people praying for us the outcome could have been very different. Thanks to all who were with us in this time, who prayed for us, and helped provide for our needs.
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