Hello blog friends! My name is Johnna(cousin to Stephen, Kim, & Zachary) and I'm going to blog for Stephen and Kim so that mommy and daddy can spend even more time with their new little man! First of all I'm sure your wanting to hear the story of how little Zachary made his entrance into this world on Sat. morning. I will let Stephen explain..... this is an e-mail that was sent out earlier today.
Well folks ....
Just to let everyone know that Kim was having some complications and went into pre-term labor, so we had to deliver baby Zachary early. He is our little trooper and was able to stay tucked away inside the womb without any fluid for just over five weeks. Zachary was delivered at 27 weeks. He weighed 1 pound 14.5 ounces and measured out to 13 3/8". He does have some lung problems so they have him on a ventilator. His lungs were stiff and the ventilator is to help him build the strength in his little lungs. The doctors say that it is not uncommon for this to occur when a baby has been so long without fluid. Zachary will be in the Neonatal ICU (currently level 3) for probably a minimum of 2 months. They tell us the best guess they can give as to when we could expect him to be able to go home is around the actual due date (May 24). So needless to say, we still have a long way to go before we will be able to bring him home.
Zachary is a strong little boy and he will need all his strength to get through this. So if you would, please continue to keep him, Kim and I in your thoughts and prayers while we travel down this long path. Kim and I will try our best to keep everyone in the loop, but the best way to keep up is to check out our blog at the following link which we will do our best to keep updated. http://thebaldwinbaby.blogspot.com
Feel free to share the photos.
I have attached some pictures of Zachary, but I will let you know ahead of time that there is a lot of tubes and monitors hooked up to him so be prepared and don't be alarmed.
Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers,
Stephen
