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Joseph, I'm praying for Ashlee and the baby that everything goes smoothly. Also that you have a safe trip to St. Louis. Let us know as soon as you can. Course we'll be at Bible study tonight

the baby is scheduled to be born at 2:30 today.. i wont be there until 5.. it'll be the first birth i've missed

i just found out that im allowed to use this computer in the st louis room. i thought it was staff only but she told me that everything is locked except IE because patients like the internet.

Anyway

Elijah William was born at 2:23pm. he weighed 6lbs 4 ounces. He is 19 In long. he was on oxygen for a little while, but he pulled it out of his own nose and the doctor said to go ahead and keep it off. After ashlee gets some good sleep and gets some color in her skin we will be allowed to hold him. We werent allowed as long as he had the head gear for the o2.

The dr said that if she would have waited one more day, her uteris would have burst and neither would have survived since she has had 2 previous c sections. The contractions were too much stress. So God got him out just in time. Thank you all for your prayers. I may post a picture of him when we get home, which we are hoping is on Sunday afternoon

Thank you Jesus for a safe delivery!
Glad everyone is doing well.

shh the other lady let me get on against the rules :p

Good for her!

as it looks right now.. unless God intervenes, Elijah will be getting out later than Ashlee because St Louis takes premies cautiously. He's forming a little jaundice, and they are going to test the level of it in the morning. He's eating 15mm of milk per feeding and his IV got ripped out. It was a horrible sight, but I think God ordained because a nurse practitioner was standing near and told his nurse to not put it back in. They were just raising the amount he could eat 5mm per half a day, but because his IV was removed it was boosted 10mm for the next feeding which will be 11:30 tonight. Thats a good sign because his food intake is one thing they look at for him to go home. We just need God to intervene in the jaundice, and for Him to tell the docs that we are able to raise a premie at home since we've already raised two premies.. and everything will be okay.. so.. We just pray the Elijah lives up to his name, a man filled with the power of God

My son had jaundice also. A couple days under the light and he came home when I did. He weighed 5lbs 7 ozs. We did have to make a few trips back for blood test tho.
I pray that they both get to come home together.

it looks like he is coming home at the soonest on wednesday. if his jaundice comes back bad enough he needs to light then the soonest is next saturday.

Ashlee was discharged today, but she stayed up in St Louis so she could provide him with food. He won't eat for te nurses. The jaundice isn't bad enough for phototheropy so we are looking at Tuesday or Wednesday for them both to be home. I had to come take care of the big kids here at home.

I bet she misses the other kids and will be glad to get home. Maybe it is best that she stayed there a few more days to let her rest up before she comes home. Best wishes .

Glad you're home. Has'nt been the same with you both gone. Glad everything is going o.k. I've been having trouble staying on the board. Have to log on every time. Must be my computer. Surely can't be me!!!!

yeah, it's a good thing she didnt come home.. my son is too hyper and would have probably popped her open.


do you mean you get logged off while you are on or have to log in each time you come on here?
i have login problems on RT

He's still up in St Louis, but it's looking like he's coming home Thurs or Fri. They are sending him home with an apnea monitor. His eating is fine. His jaundice level is fine. He's maintaining his own temp so far.

I'm heading up there wednesday, and will be there until he gets out.

Elijah is doing okay he has made it into a crib just about an hour ago since he is maintaining his temp. So as long as he maintains his temp he will be coming home soon. He is doing okay with his eating but is having a little bit of a hard time. So as long as he picks up on his eating and maitains his temp he will be coming home shortl. He will have to have a at home nurse that will come twice a week to check on him and to follow up on his heart monitor. But God has been good and is keeping his hand on us. We appreciatre all the prayers and will keep you updated. God Bless.

we're all home!

he got sent home with a heart monitor and we do get visited by a nurse twice a week starting tomorrow but we're here and we're... well.. exhausted but thats beside the point