Birth Day! Part I

Today is the day that I chose to come into the world. I know, I know, I'm three months early but it was getting really tight and uncomfortable being in mommy's belly. I don't know why that was happening and neither did mommy or daddy (I could hear them talking about it when I was on the "inside"). But I heard them say that I would probably do better "outside". There were some considerations though because I was so small, that my lungs were not developed so it would be hard for me to breathe. I don't know what that word means yet but I'm sure it's real important! They were mentioning some kind of steroid shot called Betamethasone...mommy got the shot on Monday and Tuesday so I figured it was safe to come outside now! Here's the my dilemma though, how do I let mommy know that I want to come out now???

I wasn't too thrilled that we had to drive into her work the next day...I like mommy's work and all, but that drive is soooo long! Anyway...we're at work and I was talking to my buddy "Liver" that I can see on the inside and I was asking him what I can do. He said to leave it up to him; he knows what will work. I told him that I did NOT want him to hurt my mommy at all! And he said not to worry, he knows what will work and he promises not to hurt her. I trust Liver, I've known him for quite some time now...

I don't know what Liver was up to, but I just know something was happening. Mommy was getting all uncomfortable at work so much so that she was crying a little bit. Once I heard her crying I told Liver that he had to tone it down some! It was getting me upset that she was crying. So he did and she stopped crying, but she went to the Doctor anyway. I asked Liver if this was it and he said it might be. Oh this is exciting I told him, I can't wait to be on the outside!

Something went wrong though, where they took mommy the doctors there told her she had "acid reflux" and they sent her home. Liver and I were both disappointed...so Liver said he'd "kick it up" a notch. I reminded him that I did NOT want mommy to get hurt and he reassured me that she wouldn't.

Later that night we were all at Oma's house! I love going to Oma's house, she's so nice! She lets Keri and Courtney do whatever they want! Courtney is allowed to go outside in her "dress up" clothes and Keri can eat ice-cream without having any dinner, but Poppy lets her do that more than Oma! Oma and Poppy's house sounds like a really fun place to be, another reason why I want to get out early! Oh, and I hear Keri and Courtney, even Mommy, always asking Oma to "tickle" their backs. I don't know what tickle means yet, but it sounds fantastic! I can't wait until she tickles me too!

Sorry for the digression...we're at Oma's and Mommy isn't feeling very well again. I feel bad that I asked Liver to make her feel this way, but I needed to get out! I was starting to not feel well in there myself and I had that shot so I figure that I was ready to go. They took mommy to another doctor. Daddy told the doctor that he thought that mommy may have this thing called HELLP Syndrome. I never heard of it, and neither did mommy or daddy until that night. Some lady named "Julie" told them about it. I've heard that name before, "Julie", but I'm not real sure who she is yet, I think she's a friend of mommy's, like Liver is a friend of mine. The doctor's took mommy's blood and the blood tests results said that she did have HELLP Syndrome! I was excited, I knew what Liver was doing was working! I heard the doctors say though that I needed to be delivered because this syndrome could really hurt mommy and me! I started to panic, I started yelling at Liver saying that he promised he wouldn't hurt mommy...but he said to "relax", (Liver reminded me of Uncle Tommy when he said that) and that mommy was at the doctors now and that they wouldn't let anything happen to her. He did his job and he would stop what he was doing so the doctors had time to get me out.

Mommy seemed pretty relaxed too, she was happy that she had gotten that steroid shot for my lungs and that I was far enough along that I could "survive" on the outside. Wait, what was that!? You mean I may not have been ready to come out!? I wish someone had told me that!!! I then heard mommy praying to Jesus and I started doing the same thing. She was praying for me and I was praying for her. I was sorry that I made her so sad and upset and that it was my fault because I wanted to be on the outside. Jesus told me though, that this was the best thing for the both of us right now, because I couldn't stay in there too much longer anyway. He promised me that he would look out for the both of us...once he said that, I relaxed, I know that Jesus can make everything better!