Our Miracle Has Arrived!!

We welcomed our precious angel yesterday morning. Daddy watched as they pulled our baby lane out into this world, his face was amazing to watch. Lane Payton Deisher came to the world weighing in at 4lbs 12oz. I do not know his length just yet, but am hoping to find out soon. He met the world butt first in the breech position with the cord wrapped around his neck. They rushed him straight to the "island" which is a room made to stabilize him, and I did not get a glimpse of him then. They finished the surgery, Roger stayed with me during this time, then took us to recovery. After about twenty minutes they brought Lane in to meet us for the first time. He looked like a perfect angel, all wrapped up in plastic, the worlds greatest present! His head is mildly swollen due to the hydrocephalus, but that will go down with the shunt surgery. Our precious little guy has big blue eyes and RED hair. I have not seen his hair clean yet, but his Daddy assures me its a strawberry blonde/red color. The doctors have not given us a prognosis yet. His breathing is excellent and his apgar score at birth was a 9 out of 10. He is on the ventilator for now because of his surgeries, but may be off that by this afternoon. He had his first surgery to close the lesion at 1:34 yesterday. He was only a few hours old then. The neurological part of the surgery went very well, but the skin was very difficult for the dr to pull closed because he is so tiny and the lesion was much larger than anticipated. They may have to do a revision surgery if the back pulls open...I hope and pray it heals. He is scheduled to have a shunt put in on Monday, unless his fluid on his brain gets worse. He was born with an open spot on the back of his head and they are not sure why or what this is so they are doing some tests to make sure its nothing serious. He has a catheter in right now because of the surgery so we are unaware how his bladder and bowel function are as of right now. He is moving his hips and knees pretty well, and his daddy said he was tickling his feet last night. The doctors told us they didnt think he had sensation in his feet, but we are gonna prove them wrong:) I will update as i know more today but thank you all for your prayer. Lane is the most precious thing in the world to me and all of your prayers got him here safe. I owe you all. Visitors over eighteen are welcome, just let me know when you are coming so we dont get overwhelmed all at once. I love showing him off and have showed his picture to everyone I see. Here is some pictures and I will update later today. Take a look at our beautiful little boy.

Yesterday evening

Meeting Lane for the first time

In Recovery room

Look how tiny compared to my hand!

Lane Payton Deisher

Is this not the most precious angel you have ever seen ? :)