jasonb
10-11-09, 10:55
Yesterday started out like any other day. Wifey and son were going to Cleveland, and I was staying local to work a side job.
At 1300 she calls me and says that she was in a car accident, but she and Alex are fine. She told me that the Jeep is fuct and that a silver Lexus SUV sped up and tried to get cut in front of her on a busy road up there. He struck the passenger corner of our Jeep.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/DSC01560.jpg
I turn around, and race an hour up to Clevelend, getting there in 40 minutes :twisted:. In the mean time, I managed to convince her that she needed to go to the hospital even though she refused transport at the scene. Eventually I won, and I met her there.
When they hooked her up to the monitors, holy they started showing contractions. A little more work by the staff showed that she was dialating! They were afraid of damage to the placenta because she was thrown around a little bit. We were gonna have a baby 60 miles from home, and we had nothing packed, strange doctors and staff and our primary car was wrecked!!
THank god my parents live close by and they picked up our 3 year old. Our best friend came up from Canton after letting our dogs out and gathering up some necessities. At 2027 last night Grant James was born after 36 weeks and weighed in at 5.12lbs. He is healthy and just kinda skinny.
My little plucked chicken on the scale:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/270.jpg
Mommy and baby while they were putting her insides back in:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/277.jpg
Bestest friend with baby Grant:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/007-2.jpg
Mommy and baby this morning:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/006-3.jpg
The staff discovered a "true knot" in the umbilical cord that could have resulted in his death if he swam around and it tightened up. :shock:
At 1300 she calls me and says that she was in a car accident, but she and Alex are fine. She told me that the Jeep is fuct and that a silver Lexus SUV sped up and tried to get cut in front of her on a busy road up there. He struck the passenger corner of our Jeep.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/DSC01560.jpg
I turn around, and race an hour up to Clevelend, getting there in 40 minutes :twisted:. In the mean time, I managed to convince her that she needed to go to the hospital even though she refused transport at the scene. Eventually I won, and I met her there.
When they hooked her up to the monitors, holy they started showing contractions. A little more work by the staff showed that she was dialating! They were afraid of damage to the placenta because she was thrown around a little bit. We were gonna have a baby 60 miles from home, and we had nothing packed, strange doctors and staff and our primary car was wrecked!!
THank god my parents live close by and they picked up our 3 year old. Our best friend came up from Canton after letting our dogs out and gathering up some necessities. At 2027 last night Grant James was born after 36 weeks and weighed in at 5.12lbs. He is healthy and just kinda skinny.
My little plucked chicken on the scale:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/270.jpg
Mommy and baby while they were putting her insides back in:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/277.jpg
Bestest friend with baby Grant:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/007-2.jpg
Mommy and baby this morning:
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/jbabal/006-3.jpg
The staff discovered a "true knot" in the umbilical cord that could have resulted in his death if he swam around and it tightened up. :shock: