Jonah

Do you remember when Tyler Olivia was supposed to arrive July 1st?

Se acuerdan cuando Tyler Olivia supuestamente iba a llegar el 1ro de julio?

Well, instead we were blessed with a beautiful baby Jonah who was born July 4th at 10:50 am. 

He weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces.

 Labor was about 9 hours and everything was fine with the delivery, until his shoulder got stuck in my pelvis...

This caused him to be pulled out by force, and during the process his humerus broke. He was also not breathing and Betsy administered CPR quickly and finally got him to take small breaths.

He didn't cry.

Pues en vez, fuimos bendecidos con Jonas, un bebe bello que llego el 4to de julio a las 10:50 am. 

Peso casi 4 kilos y trabaje casi 9 horas para poder conocer a mi bebe. Todo parecia que iba bien cuando nacio, y luego su hombro se atoro en mi pelvis...

Esto fue causa para jalarlo a fuerzas y en el proceso, su brazo derecho se fracturo.

Tampoco estaba respirando y estaba bajo estres. Betsy le hizo RCP y logro que tomara aire y que respirara alfin. No lloro.

That's the short version of the 30 minute pushing ordeal...but I'll spare you and show you Jonah's pictures instead.

Esta es la version cortita de lo que paso, pero ya es tiempo de ensernarte a Jonas

minutes after the scary birth

minutos despues del nacimiento y sustos

scratches from the delivery on his face and a broken right arm

and no name yet

rasgunos en la cara y un brazo fracturado

y aun no tiene nombre

a little bit about what happened

un poquito de lo que paso

Since 911 was called because he wasn't breathing, paramedics were peeking in through our bedroom door in minutes. Betsy had already gotten him breathing, he was a 4 when he was born on his Apgar score. Paramedics listened to his heartbeat, we refused the ambulance and told them that we would take him to the emergency room for his broken arm.

Cuando el bebe no estaba respirando, llamamos a los paramedicos y en minutos estaban asomandose por nuestra puerta del cuarto. Betsy ya habia hecho RCP y el bebe estaba respirando.

Los paramedicos checaron el latido de corazon, y les dijimos que nosotros llevariamos al bebe al hospital para conseguir atencion medica para su brazo.

Shortly after the paramedics left the house, Betsy started the herb bath for me and baby and I tried to nurse him, but I felt horrible to hold him and maybe hurt his arm. Baby was so calm though.

I didn't know what was going outside while we were in the bath, I could hardly move. All I know is that Mom came in telling us that cops were here and they were concerned for the baby's arm and that we needed to take him to the emergency room ASAP. 

Despues de que los paramedicos se fueron, Betsy lleno la tina de hierbas para que me banara con el bebe. Trate de amamantar al bebe pero tenia tanto miedo de lastimarlo. Se portaba muy calmado.

No sabia lo que estaba pasando afuer mientras que estaba en la tina, casi no me podia mover. Martha, mi mama entro al bano y nos dijo que la policia estaba afuera y estaban en cuestion sobre el estado del bebe. Le dijeron a mi mama y a Gary que tenian que llevar al bebe de inmediato al hospital.

I felt like I had no control, I couldn't move and my baby had a broken arm and everything seemed to go wrong after this. My baby was taken to my room, cleaned up, dressed, and weighed. Mom and Gary were ready to go to the emergency room and the cops were still there trying to get us to take him in the ambulance.

Senti como que no tenia control. No me podia mover muy bien y mi bebe tenia un brazo quebradito, todo parecia que estaba llendo mal. El bebe fue llevado a mi cuarto y Betsy lo peso, lo secaron y lo vistieron. Martha y Gary lo estaban alistando para llevarlo al hospital cuando la policia seguia presionandonos para llevarlo YA en la ambulancia.

Officer Perkins...man, he was a special person.

So special, he wanted to take my husband off to jail for trying to take our baby, on our own terms to the hospital in our own car seat.

He pulled the "authority" card on him and made him put the baby in the ambulance.

Oficial Perkins....un hijo de su. 

Casi se llevaba a Gary al bote porque estaba tratando de llevar a su propio hijo en su propio vehiculo al hospital.

Finalmente le dijo a Gary que la ambulancia lo TENIA que llevar por causas de seguridad...

They took my baby from me. Se llevaron a mi bebe.

Jonah wasn't crying, he wasn't in any immediate danger and everything was being handled as best as possible under the circumstances. I needed to be taken care of as well...

Jonas no estaba llorando, no estaba en grave peligro, y todo estaba bajo control lo mejor posible que una situacion como esta lo podria estar. Yo tambien necesitaba atencion.

this is Daddy at the hospital's nursery

papa con Jonas en el hospital

they took x-rays of his arm and hooked him all up to these gadgets and poked and probed him like doctors do...

le sacaron radiografias de su brazo, lo conectaron a sus aparatos, le picaron, lo medieron, en fin, le hicieron todo lo que esos doctores les encantan hacer...

the pediatrician told us to stay for 48 hours

48 LONG hours when I know at least 24 of those could have been at home in a much more comfortable environment doing everything the nurses did ourselves

all we were told was to keep his arm bandaged against his body - no cast, no nothing. 

...so they stuck us in the stinky "family room"

el pediatra nos dijo que se tenia que quedar por 48 horas bajo observacion

de esas 48 horas, creo que 24 hubieran sido mejor en nuestra casa haciendo lo mismo lo que las enfermeras le hicieron al bebe...no hicieron nada espectacular

el pediatra nos dijo que lo unico que podemos hacer es mantener el brazo bendado contra su pecho para que se mueva - sin yeso, sin nada...

...y nos metieron a un cuartillo apestoso llamado "cuarto familiar"

nana and aunt joanna came to see baby

abuela nana y su tia joanna visitaron

Jonah's life saver

el salvador de Jonas

moomie and Jonah

abuela moomie con Jonas

family meeting Jonah for the first time

familia conociendo a Jonas por primera vez

while gary, jonah and I were in the family room, and all my family that was visiting was at our home, they cleaned, cooked, and took care of Andrew and took care of everything. they were so wonderful!

they even packed up Tyler Olivia's clothes and brought Andrew's old clothes from Dublin so Jonah could have things to wear.

mientras gary y yo estabamos en el cuarto familiar, toda MI familia estaba en mi casa y me limpiaron toda la casa, lavaron mi ropa, cocinaron, y cuidaron a Andres...tengo una familia hermosa y bella quien nos ama de verdad!

tambien empacaron toda la ropa de Tyler y trajeron toda la ropa chiquita de Andres de Dublin para que Jonas tuviera ropita que usar

FINALLY going home -- where we belong

FINALMENTE nos vamos a casa -- donde pertenecemos

HOME

CASA

cacheton hermoso!!!

a little jaundiced, so we tannin' and lookin' cool with Daddy's oakley's

asoleandonos afuera con los Oakley's de papa

smirkin' sonriendo

whiney, only for a second. he really is a calm baby

llorando pero solo por un segundo...en realidad es un bebe muy calmado

weird hair swirls. he's a peach fuzz.

la linea de su cabello es algo rara

wonderful and beautifully-made feet

deditos hechos maravillosamente y bellos!!!

moomie changing a diaper, she loves to do that.

this was about the ONLY time that he ever threw a fit, changing his diaper.

a moomie le encanta cambiar panales

es la unica vez cuando hace berrinche...mi Jonas hermoso