announcement

I first of all want to announce that I didn't fall off the planet. I went into labor on Saturday afternoon. I had been feeling very contract-y Friday night and Saturday morning. The labor went well after arriving around 4 pm at the hospital, however the pushing time was very long. I pushed about an hour and ahalf which has NEVER happened before. I usually only push 5-6 times and the baby comes out. Our baby Mercy Rain arrived at 9:02 PM after a face first presentation...ugh!! She was beautiful pink and looked great as she did all through the labor. However little Mercy would not take her first breath. She wouldn't cry or anything. The doctors began working on her and they worked on her for over and hour, and finally decided to ventilate her, and she was then air lifted to a hospital in a neighboring town. She is currently in the NICU there, she began breathing at 9:30 am Sunday. She is currently exhibiting some concerning characteristics such as flailing, and such which could indicate seizures. They did an MRI this morning, but we won't know the results until sometime tomorrow (maybe). While we were there today visiting they hooked her up to a video EEG and she will be on that for 24 hours. Mercy weighed 8pounds and 8 ounces and is 21 inches long.

I also wanted to share with you that they have started giving her 35 cc of breast milk now, up from 25. She does not have a ventilator but is still on supplemental oxygen. She is also still being fed by tube. Please pray for baby Mercy.