End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!

End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!

Thank you to everyone who showered us with prayer, encouragement, and service as last night’s heart test turned into this morning’s emergency c-section. It’s been a long day. Jayce and Justine were born at 9:30 am. I am not a fan of pregnancy nor birth, but I have to...
End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!

Day 5 Early Morning: Family of Four?

Midnight: Our midnight heart test went as poorly as the AM one. By 2 am, we were still testing with no end in sight. We’ve been visited by four different nurses in an attempt to get monitors correctly tracking separate kids. Ultimately, a resident doctor brought...
End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!

Day 4 Update: Long Day On The Monitor

AM: We’re having trouble passing our morning heart test. Kids moved. I moved. Heartbeats are too similar to differentiate. Most troubling, Jayce’s heart has dipped too low several times. Doc said they are watching closely and are not prepared to take...
End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!

Day 3 Evening Update: Doppler Test

Friday AM: Today’s main event was a Doppler test. This looks at blood flow, volume, rate, etc. for Jayce and his support system. The test showed no improvement since Wednesday, the day we had our first Doppler test at the specialist’s office. The results...