Saturday, July 24, 2010

Hi, You're Early.






















Welcome Lillian Kirk Warren, born on Sunday, July 4th at 12:20PM PST. She was very eager to get here, weighing 1lb7oz, but has shown amazing strength and perseverence. Here's what happened:


















  • June 28th: Jessie has some bleeding and goes to hospital. Doctor identifies some dilation of the cervix and has her transported by ambulance to nearby hospital with Level III NICU. Jessie begins hospitalized bed rest.






  • June 29th: Mike and Robbie pick up Michelle, Robbie's best friend to help Mike pack up the condo and move into the new house.






  • June 30th: Robbie flies to California to keep Jessie company. Mike and Michelle pack.






  • Waiting and hoping that everything goes well...






  • July 4th: Mike's Birthday. Jessie has more discharge while on-call doctor is on rounds. Sono shows that the amniotic sac has protruded into an hourglass shape. Small blood clot is noticed at edge of placenta indicating possible small abruption. Emergency C-Section. Lillian's Birthday now too. Lillian came into the world quite vigorous and fiesty.






  • July 6th: Mike does walk through of new house.






  • July 7th: Mike closes on new house. Michelle and Mike work with movers to get everything done in one day.






  • July 8th: Finally, Mike, Robbie and Lillian are all together in California.






Now, Robbie is staying in an apartment in California near the hospital during Lillian's NICU stay. Mike works 10-12 days stretches in St. Louis with 5-6 day visits in California in between. Lillian has continued to amaze the staff with her strength and progress.