He's Here!

Dearest Friends and Family,

Well, after a long day of induced labor, Samuel Patton Beachy was born this evening at 7:48pm! He weighed in at 7lbs, 15oz and is 21” long.

The Doctors have said he looks good. The clefting is unilateral on his left side and does involve the palate. He is currently in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit and is likely to remain there. The NICU Dr just came in and told us they have observed several things of concern. His blood sugar is low (which could resolve on its on in a few days). His heart is turned to the right - which doesn’t present a problem necessarily as long as the heart structures are good. There are a few other things that (taken with these things) are making the Dr order an MRI or CT scan (I’m not sure which) for Samuel’s head to see if there are other structural abnormalities that didn’t (couldn’t) show up on ultrasound. As well, he is going to order a heart scan to check out the heart structures in better detail.

Thank you so much for your prayers. They have sustained us through many months of unknowns and challenges. While we are so relieved to finally have Samuel with us, there remain many questions (and fears). It seems we have survived one battle and are needing to begin fighting another.

Since Samuel is in the NICU, we aren’t really able to have visitors for him other than immediate family. Thank you for walking this path with us.
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