It's been fun? to talk about the day she was born. The whole labor and delivery was rather quick. A total of 2.5 hours. Seriously, you can't get any better than that. But, it was after she was born that there were some problems. She was extremely lethargic. The doctor's weren't sure what was up. They thought she could have a blood infection so they put her on an IV. That in itself was sad to see on our little one. Then, they thought she could have some other sort of infection so they attempted to do a lumbar tap... twice. They never did get enough fluid from that test.
Praise the Lord, the next morning she was actually opening her eyes and looking around. The doctor came in that morning and said that she was originally planning on doing a cat scan on her, but after seeing her progress decided it wasn't needed. That day she began eating normal and acting normal. The doctor concluded that it must have been the drug that I was given during labor that caused that reaction. Looking back on it, if I would have known that after 30 minutes of receiving the drug she would have been born, I would have turned it down. No one thought it would happen so quickly.
Maggie is a really healthy little girl now. I forget how bad she was that day three years ago. It make me so much more thankful for her when I'm reminded of those first few days.
Tonight I asked Michael what he remembered about her birthday. Mostly because I couldn't remember where he was exactly. I remember he spent that night at my in-laws house. But, Michael remembers my parents bringing him to the hospital to meet Maggie for the first time. He said he was sick and had to wear a mask and he hated wearing it. I dug up some pictures from that day. Sure enough, he had on a mask. He was 3.5 when she was born. I'm so glad he remembers so much of that.
Funny thing, both Maggie and Michael are sort of sick today. Michael is still fighting a cold. Not bad really. Just a little cough. Maggie has an eye thing going on with her cold. February must be our sick month.
* I removed the pictures. Sorry :)
6 comments:
Happy Birthday to your little girl. ME
Oh how i remember that day. It was a day that alot of praying was going on for that little one and you . Neither one of you were that doing that great. But God took care of all of it. That was awsome .
Michael having to wear the mask was fun. He did great with it .
Is she really 3 . She is growing up on us. Remember just holding her and snugging her for the longest time. She liked to be held . That was good.Now she is 3 and likes to be held very little.
Love mom
Happy Birthday, Maggie!!! I don't think I've ever heard that whole story about her birth day. How scary for you and Jim. :(
February was our sick month too...colds and snot up the ying yang. I'm so done with it. I hope that M&M are feeling better soon. :)
Didn't you guys have car issues too? I remember something about having to switch vehicles or something. Maybe I am combining two memories. We are so glad she got born, little cute thing that she is, smiles and sweetness all around (except for when she's not) :) andrea
Oh, yea... as we were pulling out of our driveway at 3:15 am, in the cold and snow, contractions like crazy, rushing around, the van made a loud clunk sound. We blew the transmission on the van. Good memory!
Mom, you should have been around last week in the middle of the night. Maggie was all about snuggling then. She fell asleep on me a few times while she was sick.
Sonja, I really thought I wrote the whole story out either on this blog or Jamie's. I'll have to check the archives. It really was a crazy story. All lot happened in 2.5 hours.
You may have...and I may have totally forgotten. LOL. I remember Jim emailing me about it but not going into great detail. BUT...that was 3 years ago...I can barely remember stuff from last week. ;)
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