Welcome to the World Austin Christopher

Finally...

Austin has made his entrance into the world. He was born at 5:03pm, weighs 6 lbs 14 oz, and is 18.5 inches long.

We know everyone has questions about his little heart. He has Pulmonary Atresia with VSD. He does have a pulminary artery, but it is very thin. They are very concerned about this but said that it is possible that with surgery it can grow and that the surgeon at Egeston Hospital is a miracle worker. The whole thing is too complicated for me to write, but the wall seperating the two sides of the heart is missing. They have given him medication that will keep the line open that was inside Amy. This will give him a day or two before they have to decide exactly how and when the surgeries will occur. He has tubes and oxegen hooked to him and he is doing very well. He is going to have a blessing at about 9pm when Amy can go down to the Newborn ICU.

Austin was so well taken care of. You should have seen the team that came into the room as he was born. He is beautiful and has great color. We have so much faith that all will be well.

We will post pictures in just a few minutes!

Just a word about Amy. She did great. She has such determination and she pushed him out in about 10 minutes...it was amazing. She is trying to keep her emotions in check, but this has been a very stressful day. She is sending me off to Sams club to get her pizza, pretzels, and a smoothee...It seems she is doing well.