Good article in the Denver Post today (thanks Patrick for sharing)…

Michael Sierra - 4 weeks old, 2 1/2 pounds and swollen like an overstuffed sausage - needed attention. And he was getting it.

A defect was making his heart work overtime. Infection flowed through his blood, and a hole in his gut was spilling poison into his body.

He had survived a flight from the Rapid City, S.D., hospital where he was born to Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center. Now, he desperately needed surgery, but his doctors feared he was too sick to make one more trip, even from the neonatal intensive-care unit to an operating room a floor below.

So the operating room came to him.

Read the rest of the article here. The article instantly reminded me of the operating room having to come to Macy when she had NEC. Terrible memories.

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It’s a Boy!  And it’s another Boy!  Yep, Shauna broke the family cycle and found out she is having twin boys!  She said her husband, Josh’s head is so big, he can barely fit through the doorway!  According to the ultrasound, Baby A in on the left, head up, with a heartbeat of 130.  And Baby B is on the right, head down, with a heartbeat of 138.  Each baby has it’s own placenta and sack, so definitely fraternal.  They received a video of the ultrasound that shows one of the babies sucking it’s his thumb!

I never used to be a book reader. I always said, “Who has time to read?” And I still don’t have any extra hours in the day. But I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately (and a lot of losing my luggage), thus a lot of sitting and waiting. So, I’ve started reading some “chick flicks” and even get caught up in some of them that I try to sneak in a chapter before bed.

Sometimes I google the authors to read up on their personal life and what they are up to now. After I read Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir by Stephanie Klein, I went to her personal blog, StephanieKlein.com. Not only has she since married, but she has preemie twins! I’ve bookmarked her blog and it brings back many memories. I do not miss that roller-coaster ride of when my twins were infants, and I’ll keep them in my prayers.

My daughter, Tatym, is a huge fan of the Reba television show. The show’s opening song is I’m a Survivor by Reba McEntire herself. I love to listen to the lyrics about her being premature and surviving, so thought I’d share…

I was born three months too early
The doctor gave me thirty days
But I must’ve had my mama’s will
And God’s amazing grace

I guess I’ll keep on livin’
Even if this love’s to die for
‘Cause your bags are packed and I ain’t cryin’
You’re walkin’ out and I’m not trying
To change your mind ’cause I was born to be

Chorus:
The baby girl without a chance
A victim of circumstance
The one who oughta give up, but she’s just
Too hard headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I’m a survivor

I don’t believe in self-pity
It only brings you down
May be the queen of broken hearts
But I don’t hide behind the crown
When the deck is stacked against me
I just play a different game
My roots are planted in the past
And though my life is changin’ fast
Who I am is who I wanna be

Repeat Chorus

A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I’m a survivor

But I must’ve had my mama’s will
And God’s amazing grace

My wordpress admin has been giving me fits, so I meant to write this last week.  Shauna went in for normal prego exam, and the heartbeats of both babies were good.  Shauna has been on progesterone, not only because of her miscarriage history, but because twins have a higher risk of being born early.  The doctor wants her to continue taking the progesterone pills throughout the remainder of the pregnancy.  When I was pregnant with Tatym nine years ago, I had progesterone shots (not sure they made a pill back then) and remember my backside being quite sore!  I believe Shauna goes back in next week and is having another ultrasound to figure out the sexes of the babies.

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