Friday September 17, 2004
Robert and Dori are now parents of 3 children. Their last child, a daughter, was born this morning via planned c-section. She has an enormous blood-filled fibroid that blocked a vaginal birth. This evening, about 10 hours after delivery, she is starting to stabilize a bit, but is not yet out of the woods because she has been continuing to bleed. If her 9pm check shows continued blood loss, she will be back in surgery tonight for a hysterectomy. She has not yet been moved out of the surgical recovery area from her 7am surgery. She had her tubes tied after delivery, so is not dealing with the unexpected loss of fertility, but she would be facing several more hours of surgery. Breastfeeding hasn’t been going all the well either, but she is a big breastfeeding advocate and breast fed both of her boys, so I know she will do whatever it takes to get Mama’s milk into her babe.
Robert is understandably beside himself with worry. He has problems with panic attacks and anxiety anyway, so this is a really long terrible day for him. Their marriage has been pretty rocky the last few years which is really compounding the emotional load. He doesn’t even sound like himself on the phone.
Prayers for the family would be welcome.
eta: The daughter has an unusual name, but I am not sure how to spell it, so I hesitate to write it. It sounds like Eye-lish, middle name is Anastasia, but I know the first name is not spelled like that. I think it is a Celtic name.
