Well everything went as planned. We showed up at the hospital at 5am, got checked in, filled out all the paperwork and went into the O.R. by 7am. The doctors and the nurses were great. Some of them we have known for years and the others we very friendly. The thing Shelly was most concerned about was her spinal. The spinal she had gotten(from Dr. Kreider) when she had caleb was a nightmare and she didn't really want to repeat that. This time Shelly had Dr. Pityk He was a great anestegiologist(sp?) and the spinal went smoothly. Shelly's biggest worry went well.
The whole surgery moved quickly and by 7:39 Ruth was born. However once Ruth was out she was not breathing. Then Doctor Habecker immediately took her over to her own table and started working on her. I took a look at Dr. And the three other people working on Ruth and they looked concerned as they worked. They were tapping her and shaking her and sticking stuff down her throat and her nose pumping out liquid. They used a breathing bag on her and some other devices. I silently was starting to panic. I was praying hard and looking at Ruth and looking at Shelly. Shelly couldn't see anything due to the position she was in and I wasn't gonna tell her I was freaking out.
It had to be the longest two minutes of my recent memory. Watching the doctors trying to get Ruth breathing was scary. Finally Ruth let out a big cry and I immedialtey felt better. A few minutes later Dr. Habecker walked over to me and said, not sure what you are gonna name her, but perhaps you should name her 'Child that was too stubborn to breathe.' Glad Dr. Habecker could have a sense of humor about it.
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