Believe It Or Not?

As many of you already are aware of the chaos that has happened , I am just now getting my blog updated. On January 16 , David and I with the Dr.s help decided that I needed to be seen in the Triage department at the hospital. I had been bleeding for the past 24 hours yet not too worried because I had felt the baby move the entire time. We layed Stratton down for a nap kissed him and said, " we will be back in 2 hours ." Wow were we in for quite the surprise. When we arrived at the hospital the nurses did all the initial exams and vitals and after about an hour decided that I was ok and could proceed to go home. I asked if she would check to see if I had dialated and so she did . I was already at a three and remember I had come to the hospital feeling fine no contractions at all just bleeding . 20 minutes later I started contracting and was quite surprised , after all I was only 29 1/2 weeks pregnant and not ready physically , emotionally , or mentally for this sweet little spirit to come into our world. The time was about 3:00 pm. and the contractions continued and continued and continued. The nurses and Dr.s tried everything possible including Magnesium Sulfate to stop my contractions. I proceeded to dialate and was then admitted to the hospital in a labor and delivery room. The nurses all had a panic look on there face and I just kept saying we have nothing to worry about I am not having this baby for a few more weeks. The neo natal Dr. came in a reviewed all of the possible problems that could go wrong with having a baby this early. I did not want to hear any of this and was starting to get a very nervous. Dr. Goodman showed up and saved the day ! He is the most amazing and talented Dr. and I will never ever be able to thank him enough for all of his time , effort and love that he put into delivering our little miracle baby. He sat at the end of my bed for over 3 hours as I progressed and made sure the baby and I were going to be ok. You will never find a Dr. with this much love and dedication. When I quickly went from and 8 to a 9 to ready push I realized we were having this baby tonight .

11:15 Emerson Dean Ellsworth was Born 10 weeks early and quickly rushed to the NICU

2 Days later I got to hold him , It was so good for both of us and amazing to see the reaction that my tiny little baby boy had to his mama. His breathing o2 sats were quite low in the 80's all day when the nurse put him on my chest all of his vital signs went up drastically. His o2 sats were up to 95 and 96 for the next two hours as we just cuddled.

He is so tiny and connected to so many wires and tubes than any one person should ever have to deal with , especially a person that only weighs 3 lbs.

When I went to see him this afternoon 1/20 to my GREAT surprise he was breathing on his own . They had taken off his C -Pap and he was needing no oxygen. What a huge blessing! I walked in and immediatly started crying . I am so thank ful for Heavenly Father and know that he is very aware of us and staying next to my little guy every second.Here is a Close up of his face, today was the first time that I got to see his little face . He had so much covering his head before that I never saw his cute little eyes , nose and mouth. He is more beautiful than I ever imagined.

Everyone please please please keep praying for Emerson that he will continue to be strong and know how many people really love him and need him out of the hospital!

ESPECIALLY HIS MAMA!