Continued from part one,
So as I am frantically praying because I am about to enter the role of father, out comes one of the nurses to get me. I enter the surgery room to see Carrie, and they have her all ready to go for the c-section. When I got there they had a sheet up covering everything below Carrie’s chest so we would not see the surgery taking place. They had a seat for me right next to her, I did my best to convey to Carrie that I was composed and ready to go, she was so calm and collected… She told me that it all felt like a dream, and she was right; it all seemed to be a blur. I grabbed her hands and prayed with her as they began the surgery. Not too long after that the anesthesiologist told me pop my head up and look, and out came Camden, my beautiful boy. The doctor must have had him for a total of 30 seconds while they cut the cord and gave him to a nicu nurse, then before I knew it Adalyn was out and my first thought was “she is so small and absolutely gorgeous”. As Carrie heard them cry she began to cry, it was an emotional journey and she was now crying tears of joy even though she could not see them. Both babies were crying which was a good sign, and then I heard Camden stop crying after not too long. I saw them pumping oxygen into him which made me really concerned, I wasn’t too worried about Adalyn because her little lungs were filling the room with her cry. Then they told me to come over and take a look, Camden was fine… They then placed them on the scale to weigh them and took their footprints… I journaled the whole thing with my handy dandy disposable camera. Then they placed their footprints on my gown along with their names and weights. After this they brought both of the babies to Carrie so she could see and hold them for just a minute. This minute gave me such a glimpse of God’s love for me to see how happy mommy was, she had just been through so much and this was a picture I will never forget.
Carrie did absolutely incredible the whole night, I was not too shabby myself I must admit… This was hard work! After this they put Camden and Adalyn in the little incubators and took them with me up to the 3rd floor. Unfortunately they had to place Camden and Adalyn in different areas in the nicu because there was not room for two of them anywhere together. This was ok, they had great nurses who cared for their every need.
Both of them had to be on oxygen, and many different tubes and wires were coming from the babies little bodies. Carrie and I knew the chances of having premature babies meant that they would be in the nicu so although we don’t like all these little wires we know they are for their good. After this it was about 4am, I was pumped with adrenaline. I wanted to see how Carrie was doing so I went to the recovery area, they told me they were not ready for me so I went back up to see they babies, I walked around the nicu like a crazy man so excited about what just took place. I called my parents and Carrie’s parents to let them know everything went well and then went back down to check on Carrie. Again, she was not ready… I had nothing to do and had so much energy. So I took a walk, it was an amazing walk… I was so filled with joy and emotions, I felt the presence of God in such an amazing way. It was truly a time of praise and worship.
Finally about 5am I was able to go see Carrie in recovery. She was doing well except her mouth was incredibly dry so the nurse allowed her to have ice chips and this made her a happy women. By this time the adrenaline had wore off and I was exhausted. The only problem was that I had to sit in an uncomfortable chair for another two hours until they were able to get us into our room, but it is not like I should have anything to complain about. So at 7:30AM they wheeled us into our room. It was great!!! Finally we would be able to sleep. What a relief, everything went so darn quick and what we thought was only going to be a 24 hour hospital stay for monitoring was the day our beautiful babies came. It was a day that ranks with the best days of my life. God has given me a wife who is way too hot for me and two absolutely precious little babies. Not all of life is like this, not all days are this good. For Carrie and I it has been the dark days that we have walked through that allowed this day to be one of the sweetest we have ever experienced together.
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