Happy Thanksgiving..

We certainly are thankful today with the excitement of this week.

On Monday afternoon I received a message from our surrogate that she was being admitted to the hospital with possible pre-eclampsia. I boarded a plane and arrived about 1 am tuesday morning and checked into a nearby hotel. About 7 am I made my way over to find Melinda. She was in good spirits and was actually feeling very well. By 10 o'clock my concern started growing when I realized she had very little urine output. I attempted all day not to let her see my concern because the more nervous she got the higher her BP would get. He husband arrived in the afternoon and he was a great help in reassuring her. As the day progressed I called TP and told him things were not going well and he needed to come.

My suspicions were correct by mid to late afternoon they were talking C-Section. Despite all the IVF's and meds Melinda's kidneys were not happy. Baby was stable, but I certainly didn't want to risk Melinda's health.

TP was on a plane an expected to arrive after 11pm. Unfortunately the c-section couldn't wait that long. by 10:30 we were going to the OR. I was doing my best to make jokes and keep Melinda relaxed. At 10:50 little Tekla Elizabeth was brought out of the OR with a big team of doctors, nurses and resp. therapist surrounding her. They grabbed me and quickly whisk us off to the NICU. Managing not to have to put Tekla on the ventilator. We are now residents of Sacramento until we can safely take our gift home.

Welcome to the world little girl!!