Arrival at U of I...

It took just over an hour for the nurses and flight crew to get Dylan ready for his helicopter transport. It was so scarey. We made the decision to have Dylan baptized before the transfer incase something went terribly wrong. The Dr still did not recommend this but I was flat out honest. We had already lost our first son Dalton because he was born at 19 weeks and 5 days gestation and there was nothing we could do. Because of the incompenent cervix we arn't positively sure another pregnancy will work and we have this beautiful baby Dylan here now that we arn't going to give up on. In his first 2 weeks and 2 days of life he has shown how strong he is and what a little fighter, he isn't giving up. Our family came and followed us for the 30 min trip to Iowa City. We arrived at the Childrens Hospital around 11:15. The nurse said Dylan had not arrived yet and they would notify us when he was settled. Around 11:30 still nothing, I called St. Lukes and they notified us he took off from the flight pad at around 11:05pm and should be arriving any time. At 11:33 he arrived. The flight nurses from St. Lukes came up to us in the family area and told us he was a trooper for the flight. He handled it well, his stats didn't drop and he kept peeking at them when it got a little bumpy. I felt so good that they had the courtesy to come and notify us that all was okay. Soon later the Pedatric surgeon came up and notified us that they needed to do a little procedure ASAP or he wouldn't make it thru the night. They were making two incisions on each side of the tummy to let some of the fluid drain out. This is for the NEC they are concerned about. They do this before they would do surgery for a preferation in the intestines. The procedure took only 5 minutes and they gave him sedatives and morphine for pain. Now we just sit and wait to see if this helps to seal over the preferation in the intestines which 50/50 chance it can. It was late, Brad and I had cried all we could cry. Our families were with us until 3 in the morning and we were scared for our little boy. But there is no doubt in my mind he is in the right place here. The Dr is wonderful and positive and I am holding tightly onto our glimmer of hope!!!