How it all started!

On Friday, February 11th. I went in for a normal doctors appt. I expressed some concerns that I was having with my doctor. He decided to check me to get a better idea of what was going on. As he was checking me I heard, "oh that's not good!" my heart just stopped. My doctor then looked at me and told me that my water was broke and we can't tell how long it has been broken, but I wasn't dialated.  My doctor continued to tell me that he was going to send me to IMC hospital for hospitalized bed rest to try get me to hold on for at least two more weeks. So with my mom's help I got myself up to IMC around 1:30 that afternoon. My contractions started on my way to IMC and continued to get stronger as I was getting checked in. By the time they were done checking me in my contractions were bad enough that I was crying for pain meds. The resident doctor barely had time to do her exam. When she checked me I was dilated to a 4 and the baby was breached so we would have to do an emergency c-section. Lucie Jewell came at 4:02 weighing 2 lbs 4oz. and 13 3/4 inches in length making her 3 months early!
      They rushed her to the NICU. She was breathing on her own but it was very shallow and hard breaths. Her red blood cell count was low, which means her oxygen levels were low also. They put her on a ventilator and gave her a blood transfusion but they said she was stable for the moment.  She stayed stable through Friday night and Saturday morning they became concerned and wanted to do an ultrasound on her brain to check for some hemorrhaging and to see if there was any "white matter" developing, which could lead to cysts. The ultrasound came back clean but they want to recheck it when she is a week old.  
      Lucie has continued to stay stable and is moving very slowly in the right direction. They have been able to slowly decrease the ventilator and she had a second blood transfusion which we knew it was coming and there will be more to come. But, all in all, things are going the way we need them to. We have been told not to plan on bringing her home till her original due date which is May 11th. So we have a long road ahead of us but with the outpouring of love and support we have been given we will be able to make it through this hard time in our lives.
      Words can not express how grateful Tannon and I are for the thoughts and prayers that have been sent our way. We could not get through this without of all the family and friends that support us. I will try to give regular updates.