our miracle 4 years ago and today.

I missed getting Rhiannon's 4Th birthday posting in here, so I figured today was just as fitting to get it in here as her birthday, so here I go.

Our little girl Rhiannon Makenna was born on July, 29 , 2007. at 8:44am,  and that day will always be etched in my mind as one of the scariest day of my life. a normal pregnancy at 38 weeks took a turn to anything but normal very quick.

 This is Rhiannon just a few hours old, A grade 3 placental abruption theatened to take my baby's life, and at one point mine too.
 I had not one sign or symptom of it. the doctors had no idea that it was happening to me. BTW signs and symptoms are bleeding, cramps, a very hard belly, and probably a few others, I had NONE of them.
It was not till I was in the C-section that doctors realized that we both were bleeding out very fast, what blood they could measure from me was 3 1/2 liters, that was half of my total blood volume,
Rhiannon was pulled out of me with no heart beat, was not breathing, and was blue/grey in color, she also had blood clots inside her lungs, which had to be removed before they could get her breathing tube in.
because of the large blood loss, and shock, it took doctors 5 hours to stabilize her so she could be taken to a children's hospital 4 hours away.

After the first night it became clear that the loss of blood ,and oxygen that happened, doctors did not think she would live off of life support, and if she did, she would only be able to just breathe on her own.

Little did anyone know how much of a will to live this child has.

The day I got to her side she was 4 days old and it was also the day she was taken off of the vent, the doctors were as shocked as we were, but we also knew we were not the ones running the show, she was.

I may have been the last person to see my baby and study her face, but I was the FIRST to hold her. 4 hours straight to be exact. I did not want to let her go, she was ALIVE and in my arms.

I spent the night at her side, and as the night wore on, she did not require some of the other support she was on, so they removed them.

By the next morning all she had was lines in her belly button, oxygen, and a feeding tube, she was able to be moved to a step down NICU.

 There she had to learn to eat with her mouth and not use the feeding tube, she had to keep her oxygen up on her own, and hold her own body temp too.
And after almost 3 weeks the doctors gave us the go ahead to go home.
It was such a great thing to hear and do.

 With lots of physical and occupational therapy, a few pneumonia infections due to a hyperactive airway, she is 110% normal.and other then a big outty belly button  you never know she was that sick.

 This is her on her 4Th birthday. We were on a camping trip. notice the rubber boots with her bikini.

 Look out world shes on her way............she still runs the show.