I'm gonna be a daddy! Part deux.

We have a winner for the name............

Carter Nicholas

My wife came up with Carter, and I like it too. Nicholas is after her father.

2 months to go!

That's awesome Electrician.

I'll bet you're more excited than ever. (Gives thumbs up) I'll post pics if you post pics. lol Oh oh. and that name is a pretty strong name.

The last 72 hours have been very stressful.

Carter Nicholas was born on Monday evening. All was normal until my wife got ready to start pushing. I had been with my older son in the cafeteria when they rushed me back to her room. There were about 8 docs and nurses in the room when I got up there and I knew something was wrong. Almost immediately the doctor said she needed an emergency c-section. The baby's heart rate was at 260.

After the c-section they took Carter to the nursery. His heart rate would not come down. They ended up taking him to our local Childrens hospital by ambulance.

He is in the ICU getting great care. He has a heart condition called SVT. It's where his heart has extra electrical connections, causing the heart rate to spike. They have it fairly stable at this point with meds.

Luckily my wife was able to get transferred to a hospital connected to the Childrens hospital so we can be near Carter.

Hopefully the rest of the week will be better.

my prayers are with you and your family (and I don't pray often)
my youngest was a C-section but no emergency like yours hope all will be well

+1 road!

yes i will pray for you and your family.. today maybe tomorrow!

hope everything gets well

So sorry to here that Elect. I pray that things turn ok fine for you.

Oh my friend, our hearts go out to you and your family. Hang in there, all will be well.

You will be in my prays Elec. We had a simlular situation, my daughter was only 32 weeks along when they hospitalized her with Pre-eclampsia, her BP was so high and she was swollen so much, they put her on bedrest in the hospital but each day her protein level would rise and her BP would get worse. They gave her all the meds they could but the only thing left to happen would be for her to have a seizure. So they rushed her over to the University hospital Tuesday afternoon and she had her c-section that early evening. She should get to come home this weekend, but babies will be in NICU for weeks since they were 7 weeks early.
Please keep us posted on ur new one. best of luck.

I'll be praying for your family Electrician.

Adding mine in to right now.

Quick update.

My son is still in ICU. He continues to have spikes in his heart rate. The doctor has decided to add a new medication to work in concert with the one he is currently taking. My wife and I remain optomistic that the new meds will allow him to come home soon.

It is heart-breaking to not have your child be able to come home. Looking around the NICU, however, we feel blessed that our son is doing better than some other babies with much more complicated issues. I feel guilty and sad over this reality.

I am hopeful that Carter will be able to come home in the next week or so. One day at a time.

Here are a couple of the only pics I have of him.

He's certainly a good looking baby Electrician.

nice pics ...but dude get some sun on ya! you can almost pass as a ghost!

I know you get sun there I lived in iowa for 15 yrs!
and got some relitives back in mn someplace lol

He's beautiful

hope u can take him home soon!

my best wishes for your son and your family - I hope get gets to go home soon!