I have undergone a doppler examination and it turned out that the baby was not getting enough oxygen to sustain him due to absence in diastolic. Doctors have decided that I need to be confined immediately and was referred to a perinatologist ( an Ob-gyne who handles high risk pregnancy). It turned out as a bad news to us when they said that I had to terminate my pregnancy and get the baby out of the womb, because he is no longer growing inside me, and they said that our baby would most probably survive outside my womb.
I cannot accept the fact that I would have to terminate the pregnancy as early as 27-28 weeks, we decided to sign the waver stating that we do not want to follow the medical orders given. This was because we still wanted to wait a few more days for the baby to develop. We were about to leave then and paid our bills already but one concern doctor informed us and continuously explained the situation...The doctor said that the chance of him surviving is 25-30% . This is our first baby so it was a devastating. It must have been God's will because after several hours of thinking about it, my husband and I decided to deliver the baby via ceasarian section.
James Corbin was born on June 9, 2007 at 12:48am. He was very small, weighing only 731grams and 12.5 inches long. He was small for a 27-28 weeks old baby boy. I wasn't able to see him right away. but my husband did, he cried when he saw our baby. He felt sad seeing the baby so small and fragile, fighting for his life. Corbin was placed right away in an incubator with an oxygen, on his second day a respirator was setup for him to be able to breathe normally since he is way too small his lungs is not fully develop. Surfactant was injected on him to help his lungs to mature. He also lost some weight but the doctors said it's normal.
After 3 days I get a chance to see my little angel. He was small and has respirator on his mouth, and dextrose. I can't help but cry seeing him that way. His chest is so deep and whenever he breathes its as if he is having a difficulty. He is one tough baby.
All this time he's on NICU is quite difficult for our entire family,both emotionally and financially. We thank God continually for seeing him through all this time, and are extremely thankful that he is getting healthier and gaining few grams day by day. The Lord made him well, he is now safe and no longer in critical condition, he just need to grow bigger and gain more weight.
It has been a month since an angel came to us, thru his strength and will to survive, I've learn to never give up no matter how the situation maybe as as my son did. Thank God for he is really good he showed his mercy to us and He's taken care of our baby up until now. Hoping that he would continue to grow and develop, so that he can be released from NICU so we can take him home where he belongs.
Here are some pictures of our little Angel:
NICU PHOTOS:
DAY 1 [ Minutes after the delivery ]
DAY 2 [ with respirator ]
1 month and 1 week old
