Oh my my my what a week we have had! As I mentioned before, Liz went into the hospital on Friday after she checked her blood pressure at home and found out it was still extremely high. The started her on steroids to get Wes's lungs pumping just in case we had to deliver early...good thing!
Friday night they also started Liz on Magnesium....from here on out it will be referred to as Liz's arch nemesis (okay, okay...I know it most likely prevented her having seizures and what not, but it DID NOT agree with her body). Anyways, back to the
story. Friday night we were all very worried about Liz and Wes. Cory stayed the night with her in the hospital and they got all the medications rolling.Saturday we held Liz's baby shower at Jan's. There will be more details on this later along with pictures and what not. For now, we will say it was very
nice. While we were there, Cory, Alice and Carissa were at the hospital keeping Liz company. Alice and Carissa had come into town from Wisconsin Friday night for the baby shower. After the shower, Rhi and Jan both went to see Liz in the hospital. 
While they were there, Liz's blood pressure got to high and they had to limit her visitors to one at a time as well as have the lights off and no tv. My mom spent the night with her to make sure she was okay, and she had a very difficult night. Sunday morning she was doing better. Cory, Alice and Carissa came to spend time with her and all was well....until she started coughing. She was just not able to
catch her breath. The doctors then let her know that she had developed pulmonary edema due to the magnesium...see what I mean...arch nemesis. They had to take her off the mag, which put her at a much higher risk for 
siezures. She was having a very hard time breathing so they put her on oxygen and gave her medications to reduce the fluid in her body in order to reduce the pressure around her heart and lungs. By this point, we 
were all basically yelling "Take him now!!!!!" but they needed to get Liz stable before they could do anything.Sunday night Jan stayed with Liz and they were both able to get a little sleep. Bright and early Monday morning Boo and I arrived with breakfast. We all really thought it would be the day Wes was born.
Alice and Carissa were at the hospital waiting to hear the decision....but we just kept waiting. We needed to meet with a specialist, and it was taking a very long time to collect all of her results for them to
make a decision. At around 12:30 Alice and Carissa decided they could not wait any longer to get on the road, and they set out for home. The specialist came in around 1:30, ran a few quick tests and said this was to serious to wait any longer. Alice and Carissa were in Louisville....the quickly turned around and came back! They wanted to attempt a natural birth, so they started medications
to begin that process and promised us we would have a baby on Tuesday!Cory stayed with Liz Monday night. She had a very hard night. They had given her medicine to take the edge off her contractions (they were about
five minutes apart) but she had a bad reaction to it, and was having mild delusions throughout 
the night. At 7:30 Tuesday morning they came in and let us know she really had not changed, but they were still going to try the
natural birth. About two hours into labor, she was in a great deal of pain. They decided it was time to go ahead and start the epidural. Wow what a change! Liz looked great after it! They thought it would be best for her to get a little rest before things 
really got going. Boo and I headed home to catch a little sleep ourselves around 10am.The phone rang at our house at 12:10 telling us to get our tails back to the hospital! During Liz's contractions, Wes's heart beat
was dropping way down. They decided it was time to get this done, and called for an emergency c-section (if you asked any of us, we would have told them to do that Monday night....but I guess they have to try!) By the time Boo and I got back to the hospital we just got to kiss her on the head before she was rolled into the OR. The brought Cory an awesome looking surgery outfit, which he 
quickly put on and ran out the door.The rest of the family (at this point that included Jan, Tom,
Nana, Mom, Alice, Carissa, Boo and me) headed to the nursery to get our first peak at Wesley as they rolled him into the NICU
. It felt like the longest 35 minutes ever!! Finally, right at 1pm, Cory and Wes rolled out of the OR...it was just amazing! He was so perfect. He was really tiny, but her looked great! After that first little glimpse, we had to give the NICU time to
get him settled and stable. Liz was in the recovery room, so we grabbed some lunch and talked about how amazing it all was. Before bringing Liz to her room, they brought her, Cory, Jan, Tom and Alice in to see little Wes. We found out that he was 2 pounds 12 ounces and 15 inches long. It was a quick visit because they were closing the unit. After, Liz had to go to her
room and rest. We went and got flowers and balloons, then came back for our chance to see Wes. Cory was able to bring us all in
to see him once they had him stable. He really looks so wonderful (as you can see from all the pictures!!) As of today, they already have him off the respirator 
and just on an oxygen mask type thing. They said he will be off that soon. He will have to spend a few weeks in the NICU. He is a skinny little thing so they are beefing him up with straight fat through his IV!!! They are working on teaching him to eat and breath correctly. With a little luck he should be home by Christmas!!! 
My dad giving Liz a kiss
Cory with Wes in the NICU
Liz with her wonderful nurse Anna, who washed her hair for her!
Boo waiting to be let into the NICU to see Wes
Wes has great timing! He was born on National Primie Day! They gave us cake and everything!
