Rhiannon Makenna!

The day I found out I was pregnant with Rhiannon I was filled with alot of thoughts, I think the biggest one was "I so did not expect this one" "are we ready for another child?" I was most of all scared, giving birth to Aidan and Edina was not at all easy on me, with my heart problem its just a higher risk being pregnant, but as time went on I was ok with it, really that is the only way to be with it.
Everything went normal with the pregnancy no morning sickness, no heart burn, just tired mostly because I was running after my other 2 kids. I did have 4 ultrasounds throughout the pregnancy just to check size of the baby, and after the placenta previa i had with Edina, the doc just wanted to make sure all was well.
I think the biggest difference between my pregnancy with Rhiannon and the other 2 was the simple fact the the other 2 due dates were in the winter and Rhiannon was in the middle of summer.
On July 28th 2007, I felt a bit tired and as the morning went on felt waves of dizziness and weakness, I made a call to the hospital and they asked for me to come in for monitoring and with it being hot out maybe i was dehydrated, so off we went the 45min drive to the hospital, as we were driving in I felt very sick and just over all unwell, after we got there the nurse asked me to give up a pee sample, but for the life of me i could not and felt the best place for me to be was in the bed.
The nurse hooked me up to the fetal monitor and  left to get the doctor on call, they returned to tell me the baby's heart rate was very high and ordered blood work to be done, when the blood work came back it showed a low blood count and the cure for that was a blood transfusion, the doctor said that after I received the extra blood if the baby's heart rate did not come down  then he would have to deliver the baby that day.
I had 2 units of blood and she responded to it and her heart went back to a normal rate, the doctor said they would keep me over night and if the night went well i could go home until my body was ready to have the baby.
but as the night went on my body  started to go into labor and by 6am the doctor said he felt he needed to just do a c-section and end what ever was going on.
I was prepped for the surgery and as soon as the doctor was cutting into my uterus he realized i was having a placental abruption and as those words came out of his mouth the OR moved very fast and quite, I felt no pain but did feel the moment she came out, on July,29,2007 Rhiannon Makenna Kohl entered this world at 8:44am and weighed 8lbs 13oz,  i thought i would hear a cry, but nothing came from her, she was pulled out of my body "dead" and after what seemed like forever they worked on her and "brought her back" and they had her hooked up to a ventilator, IV's, all sorts of wires to measure her vitals.
because we were at a hospital that did not care for critically ill babies she needed to be air lifted to Edmonton to the stollery children's NICU, 5hrs after she was born she was ready to be taken there, but before she and Eric left I got to see my baby for the first time as they wheeled her issolete by into the elevators it was a very fast intro and a good bye as they needed to get going.
they told us that they did not think they would make it to Edmonton with her still alive, so I had no choice but to sit back and wait for a phone call to tell me she was still with us. while I waited I had to have 2 more units of blood to stabilize my body which was confirmed that I had a grade 3 placental abruption that I had no signs or symptoms of.
After they had her in the NICU they were better able to stabilize her and let her body start to heal itself.
after a brief 3 days i begged the doctor to let me out of the hospital so I could go to my baby's side, and at 4days old I finally got to see my baby fully for the first time, and 15min before i got to her side the doctors decided to take her breathing tube out, what a wonderful surprise. all i could do was just sit there and study her every feature, after all EVERYONE ELSE got to besides me, it was not till recently that i just started to get over this, NO MOTHER should ever be the last person to get to see and study her baby EVER!!!!!!!but that is another story.
on august 2nd 2007 she was transferred to intermediate care nursery at the grey nuns hospital, from there she made leaps and bounds on her recovery and every doctor told us that this child would not live and if she did that she would not be a "normal" kid, on August 14th 2007 at 17 days old she was released from the hospital.
Rhiannon has had her share of complications, from simple colds that land her in the ER with breathing problems, to learning delays, we worked with a physical therapy group to get her where she needed to be "normal".
Today I can say she is "normal". she has taught me what life is about, she has taught me to slow down and enjoy today for what it is, she has taught me to "hold on" when everyone else around you is saying there is no hope. Rhiannon is a ball of energy that has a huge heart of gold just like her brother and sister, not a day goes by that she does not say something funny.
I am so proud of all my kids they are what keeps me going everyday, because if it were not for them i know i would give up when times are tough. they put a smile in my heart. and for that i love them, i will forever, isn't that what mothers supposed to do.