The First Few Days...Sunday

SUNDAY, October 26

Wendy started contracting again early Sunday morning and I got the call around 4:30am to come in. When I arrived, her contractions were about 3 minutes apart. The On-Call Doctor soon came in and pronounced that Wendy was in delivery mode. We rushed her upstairs for a "stat-section" (emergency C-section). Fortunately Wendy's real Doctor (the best OB in the world, imho) arrived just in time to make the cut. Lucas was born at 6:04. The Mole (which I'll discuss later) was extracted with no signs of invasion into Wendy's uterine wall.

Once Luke was out, the Transport Team prepped him for the drive to his new home. Around 8:30am, the Transport Team brought Luke in so we could see him for the first time. My emotions were a mix of shock, fear, pride, and most of all love. I was expecting this weird looking baby, but he looked normal...small but normal. His skin was red and he had lots of fine blond hair all over his body, which is perfectly normal. He also had a full head of hair, just like his big brother Jake. Overall he was a very cute boy, once you looked past the nest of tape, wires and tubes attached and inserted into his body. I can't wait to see him without tape!

My son and my wife were OK.

Cheers,

Colin