David is 6

 

December 16, 2005

 

Christmas Day in the Hospital-9 days old

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6th Birthday!!!

6 years old!!! How did these six years go so fast?! This time 6 years ago David made me a Mommy!  It seems like so long ago that I had him and held him for the first time.  It was such a special and emotional day.  I was 37 weeks along and went into the hospital at midnight on December 16th.  It was at 2:44 p.m. that David Pascal came into this world.  I saw him for a few seconds, but never got to touch or hold him as they rushed him over to check his breathing.  After the longest 45 minutes of my life, I finally got to see and hold my new baby boy and I have loved every moment since then.  He had a rough time starting out in life. He was in the hospital in NICU for 11 days, because he had sleep apnea which means he would sometimes forget to breath while he was asleep.  He also had bleeding on the brain and a lot of fluid in his lungs.  On top of that he had very bad jaundice and had to be under the rays all day and night except for every 3 hours, when they would let me feed him.  I was at the hospital constantly with him and by his side as long as they would let me stay there.  He had so many tubes and cords in his tiny little body, but he was such a fighter.  The nurses had a feeding tube in him for the first couple of days, but he would pull it out all the time. I was such a mess the whole time he was in the hospital.  The worst day was Christmas though.  Everything was just a blur that day and we tried to spend most of the day there with David.  There were so many miracles that happened, while he was in the hospital.  He had bleeding on the brain the first couple of days and then after our families did a lot of fasting and praying they did another scan of it and were shocked to see that it had cleared up somehow and couldn’t explain it.  After RSV, tons of ear infections, 2 sets of tubes and a few other sicknesses, he has survived and is an amazing healthy little boy now!  We are so blessed to have him in our lives.  He is such a happy, positive, outgoing, friendly, helpful and amazingly smart boy! He has so many talents and just a sweetness about him that makes everyone love him! Happy 6th Birthday David! We love you so much!!