Oh boy! And I really do mean that--our precious little bundle, Austin Joel, is here. Two weeks ago today was a day of craziness and complete blessings all in one. That Tuesday morning, I received the call from Dr. Abdessalam's office that we could discontinue Kylie's TPN. That call was so incredibly relieving, but even more relieving as my day progressed. As I mentioned in my last post, I had been feeling so awful--unable to sleep, nauseated, and incredibly itchy from head to toe for a couple of weeks. That same Tuesday morning, I received a call from my OB doctor with some lab results that had come back from the day before. There was a reason I was feeling so bad--they diagnosed me with a rare pregnancy-related liver condition called obstetric cholestasis. My doctor told me that I was at a high risk for a still-born birth and that they would be monitoring me very closely. I was completely overwhelmed with this unexpected news and just started praying that the Lord would give me peace and protect our little baby. It wasn't but a few hours later that I started feeling contractions. I seriously thought, this isn't really happening--not six weeks early! Well, it was. We were up at the hospital at 7:30 in the evening and Austin (6lb. 6oz) was born at 10:24pm. Everything went so smoothly and we are so incredibly blessed to have a healthy baby boy. We stand amazed how the Lord worked everything out that day.Well, here we are two weeks later...Kylie has her central line out and is eating really well! I am feeling SO much better. Praise the Lord that the cholestasis was just pregnancy related. Perhaps that was the reason that I went into pre-term labor. I don't know if we will ever know for sure. Austin is doing just fabulous. He is still in the NICU and we hope that he will come home in another week or so. We are just waiting for him to take all of his feedings by bottle. He sometimes is still too sleepy to wake up and eat. Carson and Kylie still haven't gotten to meet him due to the current flu season regulations. We are so excited to bring him home!
