The longest weekend ever!

massagegirly · October 2008

Thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts. They were a blessing and worked. Thanks Kim for giving updates. Here is a long birth weekend story.

Welcome to the World Hailey! Our beautiful little girl came into the world at 7:28am on Friday October 24th. She was 8lbs 14oz and 18" long. The c-section went well and we were joking around the whole time. After they got her out they checked her out the found out she was not breathing right and her heart was not working properly. They took her off to the NICU and I did not get to see her for 12 hours. They found two holes in her heart. She had to be on oxygen for the first 12 hours or so. I had to be in bed and not get up for 6-8 hours after surgery so I waited patiently to go see her down stairs. So the first time I get up my c-section scar burst open and blood went all over the floor. I mean like 2-3 liters of blood pouring out of me. It was super scary. They had to rush me down to the operating room and do emergency surgery on me. I ended up having a blood clot the size of a small cantaloupe. Everything burst open. The uterus, the stomach, the surgery site all 30 staples and all 140 stitches. At that point my doc says no more kids for you. Cauterized the tubes the doc just had tied to make sure I never get pregnant again. They also had to take the blood clot out and (well you can ask John about that). So I finally got out of surgery and got to see my husband again. (Kinda scared I was not going to make it out of surg because of all the blood loss). I did not get to see Hailey so John begged, and begged the intensive care unit to bring Hailey to me. She ended up staying in NICU for 48 hours after she was born. So we were up and down the stairs every two hours to feed her. (hash so tired) We finally got to have our baby in our room with us on Sunday morning. We stayed until Monday morning at 11:30. So we will have to follow up with a cardiologist at Children?s. Hopefully the holes in her heart will heal on their own. Ok going to fall asleep for a few minutes. I will post pictures when I can. Katia

AnnetteWalker · October 2008

Wow that sounds scary. I am glad to hear that everyone is doing better.

tfarabians · October 2008

OMG I'm so glad your both ok!! How scary! How are you doing now? I can't believe you managed to text Kim at all! Big hugs to all of you!

spacystasi · October 2008

My prayers were (are) definitely with your family! How very scary, but it's wonderful news that everyone is doing better! Still keeping you in my prayers and hope that Hailey grows stronger every day!

pixelvixen · October 2008

Oh my goodness, I got the message all wrong - I thought it was Hailey in surgery! Katia!!!! I'm so glad you're ok and Hailey is ok too. How scary!! So glad you're all home and can be a happy little family. Take it easy mama. HUGS

**I guess my niece-in-law also had a hole in her heart when she was born and ended up perfectly fine and probably the smartest kid I know.

cmcmillan · October 2008

Glad to hear you are both home and recovering. Keep us posted on how her appointments go.

Jas*sGirl · October 2008

HOLY SCARY BEANS!!!!!!!!!! Woman go lay down and rest...we will all be here when you wake up! So glad everyone is okay!!!

JRS72206 · October 2008

WOW. I thought the surgery was on Hailey too! You have been through a lot this weekend. Def get some rest! I hope the follow-up shows that those holes will close up. Our prayers are with you!

MissBlush · October 2008

Wow, you've been through a lot! ?I'm so glad you and Hailey are recovering so well. ?I will continue to pray for you both!

chibipoe · October 2008

How scary! Glad to hear that everyone is doing ok. Here's to a quick recovery for you both.

jodynjames2005 · October 2008

OMG that is so scary!! I'm so glad that you're ok now, and I hope that the holes close on their own. Congrats on the birth of your DD!

Seattle_JiLLn · October 2008

oh my gosh - so scary! I'm glad you're OK!

Congratulations!

LuvBug12683 · October 2008

Oh. My. Gosh Hun, what an ordeal!! I am so glad you and Hailey are doing great. You gave us a scare!! I can't wait to see pics...and congrats!!

preston18 · October 2008

I?m so glad you?re ok! I also thought it was surgery on Hailey. I can?t believe you?re home already?I didn?t have that kind of drama and they kept me a day longer! I hope your recovering well and have lots of help.

m&m823 · October 2008

OH my gosh how scary!!! First not being able to see your baby and not knowing what was wrong and then for your c-section to burst and the blood clot. How absolutely terrifying! I'm so glad you are okay and that things look good for Hailey. Get lots of rest and help!!! And congratulations on your little girl!