I have wanted to post for several days now but explorer wouldn't allow me to log in...I finally had time to fix the problem. Anyhow onto the more exciting news!!!
Let's see a week ago we woke up very early and drove to the hospital. I had always imagined a somewhat frantic ride to the hospital. But we were allowed to enjoy the beauty of the morning sunrise and talk about what a special morning it was and how we would be a family of 3 in just a few hours. It was a very special drive. The sun was rising and the daybreak was incredible.
We arrived at St. Luke's about 6 am and they started hooking me up to all sorts of machines right away while Mike read a motorcycle magazine. He said he was looking for a bike to buy Scotty in the future.
Lets see next I was wheeled into the OR. What an experience. My first surgery! I was kind of hoping to skip that experience in life but hey the only way out of this was through it so I put on my brave face. They first gave me an anesthesia. It numbed me from the chest down. It was very weird! I could feel my legs were numb but could not feel when people touched me and I couldn't send any signals to move my feet or legs. I sort of got an idea of how a paralyzed person might feel. Not something I want to experience! Then I was hooked up to so many machines! They wrapped my legs to keep the circulation moving, put me on oxygen, gave me an IV, covered my head, put heart monitors on me and who knows what else! I felt like an alien.
The doctor asked me how it felt when they pushed on my stomach and I said, "Ok I will tell you when you push" and she replied, "good, I am pushing"...didn't feel a thing. All the while Mike was there with me. He peeked over the curtain and I asked, "Have they started?" He replied, "uh, no". As he later tells the story when he looked over the curtain the doctor had her arm up to the elbow in my stomach getting the baby out. The suction sound I heard immediately after told me they had already started. So strange to know what was going on but not feel a thing. Soon she announced, "It's a boy! time of birth 8:01 am" What sweet words to hear. And then to see him and hear him cry. Every woman dreams of that moment. The only sad thing was that I did not get to hold him right away. I saw all the nurses touching him and my husband got to hold him but I had to wait another hour till I was in the recovery room to hold him.
To be continued......
Lets see next I was wheeled into the OR. What an experience. My first surgery! I was kind of hoping to skip that experience in life but hey the only way out of this was through it so I put on my brave face. They first gave me an anesthesia. It numbed me from the chest down. It was very weird! I could feel my legs were numb but could not feel when people touched me and I couldn't send any signals to move my feet or legs. I sort of got an idea of how a paralyzed person might feel. Not something I want to experience! Then I was hooked up to so many machines! They wrapped my legs to keep the circulation moving, put me on oxygen, gave me an IV, covered my head, put heart monitors on me and who knows what else! I felt like an alien.
The doctor asked me how it felt when they pushed on my stomach and I said, "Ok I will tell you when you push" and she replied, "good, I am pushing"...didn't feel a thing. All the while Mike was there with me. He peeked over the curtain and I asked, "Have they started?" He replied, "uh, no". As he later tells the story when he looked over the curtain the doctor had her arm up to the elbow in my stomach getting the baby out. The suction sound I heard immediately after told me they had already started. So strange to know what was going on but not feel a thing. Soon she announced, "It's a boy! time of birth 8:01 am" What sweet words to hear. And then to see him and hear him cry. Every woman dreams of that moment. The only sad thing was that I did not get to hold him right away. I saw all the nurses touching him and my husband got to hold him but I had to wait another hour till I was in the recovery room to hold him.
To be continued......
2 comments:
Neat to hear about it. Hope to talk to you in the next couple of days. He looks so cute and vibrant (ok, weird word, but hopefully it makes sense).
Hope that you are doing well. It sounds like the C-section went well. Yea! congrats!
OH! I'm so sorry I was 10 minutes away from the hospital but not able to stop by. I'll be in Idaho in July 2010 but by then you'll be preggers with baby #2. :)
Congratulations! Scott is beautiful!
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