A happy ending!

Posted On Thursday, May 26, 2011  by erica

Well I'm one of the lucky ones.  I was able to hold my 1 pound baby, with the life saving cords, and breathing machines attached to him.  I was able to watch him grow and breath in life and turn out to be an amazing 8 year old boy with no medical problems... I was one of the lucky ones!!  On May 25, 2003, we didn't feel very lucky.  After spending 3 days in the hospital with severe preeclampsia, pain began to creep up my back and I began to throw up.  Little did we know that after several hours of these symptoms, I would be screaming "take the baby!"  The pain became so unbearable and I couldn't breathe, I just needed relief.  With a blur or doctors and nurses surrounding me, rushing me to the OR, after what felt like a few minutes, a faint little cry came out, and I saw my little peanut.  Caleb John was born at 27 weeks gestation, weighing in at only 1pound 13 ounces sacrificed his life to save mine!  I had HELLP syndrome, and the only way to save my life, was to possibly sacrifice his!  What an unbearable decision, one that I would weigh over in my mind, over and over again!  I am happy to say that he just celebrated his 8th birthday and he is my hero!!  My worse day, turned out to be one of the luckiest happy endings I will ever experience in my life!!