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Kylee's Birth

My husband and I were visiting my parents in Reno, Nv, we live in Orem, Utah.
I was 26 weeks pregnant.  One night I started to have some very disturbing
groin pains that I thought were just gas.  We didn't want to take any
chances, so off to the Emergency room we went.  I told the triage nurse that
I was pregnant and thought I was having strong gas pains.  She sent us up to
labor and delivery.  

Up in L&D I was hooked up to a fetal monitor and givin an ultrasound and told
that my placenta was ruptured and I had a blood clot.  They told us that they
would have to do an emergency c-section immidiately.  The babies chances were
very small.  About 40% chance of survival.  We were so scared and
overwhelmed.  We went in for the c-section and Kylee was born.  She weighd 1
pound 3 ounces and was wisked right off to NICU.

She was doing so well those first 2 weeks aside from an open PDA which was
resolved after 2 treatments of indocin, when all of the sudden her abdomen
became very swollen and blue!  The doctors told us that they thought she may
have NEC (necrotinizing entrocolits).  They would have to do surgery
immidiately.  The doctors told us that she was a very sick little girl and
she may not survive.  They gave us the bleekest of outcomes.  Before surgery,
the nurses ask if we wanted to have some clergy come in and read her her last
rites.  We had 2 elders come in and bless her.  While they were blessing her,
I had my pinky in her tinly hand.  She was just laying there very still,
aside from her shaking belly from the oselator.  As the elder said his
blessing "Bless you parents that they will be strong for you" she squeezed my
finger!  Then he said "bless you  tiny sole and body that you be stong
through this operatrion" and she squeezed my finger again!  All of the sudden
I felt this warm feeling around me like someone had put their arms around us
and gave us a big hug.  I took this as a sign from her and God that she would
be o.k.

We went down to surgery and the doctors told us that it would be at least 1-3
hours.  After 45 minutes, the surgeon came out and said its a miricle!  She
does not have NEC.  Her intestines look very good, in fact.  We asked what
was wrong with her then?  They did not know. But she did not NEC and that was
life saving.

Two days later a nurse noticed some fluid leaking out of her ear and called
an ear doctor to look at it.  She had an ear infection and after the ear
doctor lanced her eardrums, she was rapidly progressing and her platlets went
up from 50,000 to 102,000.  

Kylee is now 8 months old and 10 pounds.  It was a long 4 months for my
husband and I.  He would have to fly back and forth to Reno from Utah.  She
is truly our little miricle.