Baby Mason Stephen Terrazas has arrived. After starting my induction at 5:00 am, we waited a little over 12 hours for our beautiful new baby to arrive. He was born at 5:50 PM, 8lbs, 14 oz. He looks so good-everyone was glad to see that he is doing amazingly well so far. For the next few days there will be several cardiologists that will be closely monitoring his oxygen levels, blood flow, blood gases, etc. We hope to here of a tentative surgery date by tomorrow.
In the meantime, I had to pump that all important colostrum and in one of the photos in the above photo album he is being given it via syringe. He is allowed a certain amount every six hours. They do not allow HLHS babies to feed right away, but instead have placed a line in his umbilical cord stump to place fluids directly into his blood stream. This will be his only nutrition for some time. After a great birth he was taken away to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) where Daddy followed him in. It is so difficult to see that he has to stay there-he looks so perfect. God has gotten us safely this far-we will continue to ask him for all his help and blessings.
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