Happy Birthday Rush!

Today our baby boy has turned 5! Doesn't seem possible that those scary and troublesome days are now 5 years behind us!

When we took a business trip to Houston, my water broke at 21 weeks. No labor though. We held our breath and jumped the plane home two days later, figuring, it was a only 2 hour flight. Also, I feared being admitted to a hospital in TX while Daniel had to fly home with the 4 children.

We made it home, had about 6 weeks in the hospital on bedrest --while my mother and friends shuffled our children around so Daniel could work during the day.

Finally, Rush arrived (oddly enough, I was the only one in the room of medical staff that was convinced I was in labor!) I had nurse who couldn't use the thermometer (I was burning up from infection) and a Dr. who wanted to check my appendix - turns out it was fine :)

Rush and I both had e coli - we were told the mortality rate for the baby was about 80%. However, the Lord had other plans. Rush fought that off and also pneumonia (very bad when you're on oxygen and 3lbs) the week of Christmas. That was a tough holiday.

It was a long ordeal, but we were able to bring him home the last day of January, after 11 weeks in the NICU. Praise the Lord!