Week 30 -- A Deal's a Deal

Several weeks back, I came home from work and was greeted by my wife, who was waiting to tell me of an agreement she had reached. You see, at the time Tommi was about 24 weeks along and we were biting our nails hoping he could reach the 28-week point or further. Tommi informed me that during the day, she'd been talking to the boy in her womb, and had made him a deal--"If you can just hang on till 30 weeks, you can do whatever you want to do afterwards."

Well, today marks our 30-week point and our little guy stayed true to his word. But he didn't give us much more. Tommi was admitted to the hospital yesterday evening with what turned out to be HELLP Syndrome (very similar, I understand, to preeclampsia), so our baby boy was delivered via C-Section this morning at 7:00 am. He was 3 lbs., 1 0z., and was 15 1/2 inches long. I am happy to report that Tommi is recovering well after a very difficult evening last night, and was amazing as always. Our new son is in the NICU, but has thus far exceeded the doctor's expectations for him given his gestational age & has been able to breathe without having to be intubated.

We have yet to make a final decision on his name, but will post once we decide. And unfortunately, the CPAP machine helping to give him oxygen makes it difficult to see his face, so I don't have a good picture of his face. But, if he continues through the night to breathe as well as he has been this afternoon and evening, they will take the CPAP off in the morning and give him one of those smaller nasal cannula things. When that happens, I will post some pictures of our little guy's headshot. Till then, here's a picture of him holding onto dad's finger...

Thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf. It is impossible to express the gratitude in our hearts for the miracle we've witnessed over the past several weeks.