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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nrshida on August 05, 2012, 05:21:20 PM
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I am now a Father, a little before the expected time because of a fault developing in the placenta, tiny Shida, a boy, was born by C-Section at 28 weeks. He is very small but also very strong. He began breathing by himself immediately and has plenty of energy. He's got a fine pair of legs and has been practising his rudder work a lot. Also dislikes his feeding tube & tries to pull it out. Today he peed on a nurse which was hilarious.
Currently I am living at the hospital with Mrs. Shida as she has of course had surgery so I am able to help her also. See you all again soon,
nrshida :salute
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Congrats to Mother and Father! Welcome to parenthood, the joy of life!
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SHIDA! Congratulations buddy!!!
You should post some pictures of Mini Shida pwn'ing some noobs in his mini Ki84 soon! :x :x :x :x
Congrats again bud, can't wait to see you in game sometime soon again! :cheers: :cheers: :salute
PS: I would love to get on vent with you sometime but I had to re-download vent after it corrupted or something and I forgot the password :lol
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congrats shida,
Hope all is well and we expect a couple of pics when ya can :aok :cheers:
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CONGRATS :salute :cheers:
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:aok :aok :aok WTG Dad & Mom, I have a squad of them myself. :airplane: :airplane: :airplane: :airplane: :airplane: 5 of them! :cheers:
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Congrats man I'm only 15 so although I do not know what it is like to have child of my own I do know what its like to have a baby brother who looks up to you like your his father
:salute Eric19
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Congrats Shida, and congrats to Mrs Shida. Get used to your life changing for the next 16 years fella, worth it though.
Wurz
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Great news indeed! Congratulations!
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Congratulations! :banana:
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Way to go Shida! Congratulations!
And thank you! Zack told me you named him Pipz......................... ...... :D
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congrats! very happy for you both Shida :aok being a dad is the best thing ever
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Woot :banana: :banana: :banana: :D
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Congrats to the new mom and dad.
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Congratulations :aok
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Congrats on the birth of the little one, hope Mrs Shida is doing great. :cheers: :aok
LawnDart
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:aok
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awesome man...congrats :salute
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Congrats. :aok
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:cheers congrats Shida
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congrats sir!! hope all continues well!
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Congratulations on the new lad Shida :), im sure you are very proud, i pray a swift recovery to your wife and long lasting happiness with your new one :cheers:
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Congratulations! Another future man of wisdom born into the world... much needed... much needed indeed. :aok :cheers:
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congrats mr and mrs shida, and best of luck to young mr shida :aok
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forget about sleeping for awhile!
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wtg bud :salute
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Wishing your new family the very best in this world. :salute
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Congratulations!
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:rock
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Congratulations Shida! My sincerest wishes for wellness for the Mrs. and the new baby.
:salute
Way
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GTFO!!!!!!! Awesome and congrats shida and mommy shida!!!! :rock
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Congrats Shida :aok
Do remember to write down what that last night of good sleep felt like. As a long time Dad I can tell you that you will want to remember it for old times sake :)
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Congrats Shida :aok
Do remember to write down what that last night of good sleep felt like. As a long time Dad I can tell you that you will want to remember it for old times sake :)
I Second this. Get used to the early morning diaper changes and feedings. They will come at all hours of the night.
And, Gratz on the little one.
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WTG Shida!
Congrats for the whole family! :)
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Nrsh, WTFG D00D!!!
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God grant him many years! Congratulations Sensei and Mom. It's such an awe inspiring event, the birth of a child. I'll never forget the birth of my own two.
WOOOOOT!
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Congratulations Shida san :aok :rock :salute
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Congrats and best wishes, my friend.
:salute
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Congrats to mum bub and yourself Shida :aok :cheers:
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The man who I trained as a hapless nooby Zero pilot 3 years ago. Is now a total dominating KI-84 god.
And he is breeding....
lord protect us... none of us are safe from the Nakajimas now... not one Shida... but TWO........
WTFG NRSHI!!!!!! :rock :rock
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Congrats and welcome to the best club there is anywhere- Parenthood :aok
Best Wishes for your Family!
:cheers: Oz
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Enjoy it all.. :cheers:
Congratulations and best wishes to you and your family
<S> Jimmy
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Congrats to you, and Mrs Shida. :aok
Glad everying is going well dispite his early arrival. :salute
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congratulations nrshida :aok
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Congrats Shida and Mrs.Shida and of course welcome to Tiny Shida :aok :cheers:
IENA
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Congrats and much strength to you, mom and the boy in this time.
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Congrats! My grandson was a preemie (under 4 lbs) and is now 16. :salute Welcome to Fatherhood.
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Congrats shida!
:rock :cheers:
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Amazing...... Grat on the young one.
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welcome to parent hood shid
congrats on the baby boy, something i have been unable to do. i have 4 girls lol
hope all is well with mamma and the son
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You and your family have my prayers good luck sir :salute
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welcome to parent hood shid
congrats on the baby boy, something i have been unable to do. i have 4 girls lol
hope all is well with mamma and the son
:rofl
6 girls here...although I do have 3 boys also.
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Congrats mom and pops :cheers:
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congrats man :aok :cheers: :cheers: welcome to parenthood
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Oh great in a few years lilshida will be shooting me down too :x
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Congratulations. Life starts now. You were only practicing before this. Hang on, this could get bumpy, but it will be a ball.
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Congrats shida!
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Congrats Shida and family! :cheers:
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Way to go Shida!...and hes even practicing his deflection shooting on the nurses............ :aok
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Thank you all for you good wishes and comments, will try to post a picture tomorrow, very busy day. :salute
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:rofl
6 girls here...although I do have 3 boys also.
good lord man you working on a football team? or staying with the baseball team? lol
my hats off to you 4 was hectic enough
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nice.................. :salute
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good lord man you working on a football team? or staying with the baseball team? lol
my hats off to you 4 was hectic enough
:lol
kids were fightin today...I looked at the wife, say" what the hell were we thinking..." hahahaha
I love em....but damn can they stress me out at times
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Congrats to you both Nshida, see you when we do.
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congratulations Shida!! :cheers:
:x
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Congrats
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:aok :aok :aok :cheers:
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Congrats to all three of you Shida. :aok
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Congrats Dr S :aok :salute
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Congrats Shida!
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Congrats to the Shida family
:rock :salute
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Hi all, again many thanks for the support and congratulations. Here's a picture of the little man as promised:
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P8070055.jpg)
Please don't be shocked at all the tubes etc. remember he is two and a half months early so is effectively in an ICU. He only weighs 820 gramms presently but he's very strong, responsive and calm.
Mother is doing as well as can be expected, me - very busy :lol
We are now living in the Ronald MacDonald house next to the hospital, which is a bizarre story in itself. I'll explain later if I can find the time.
:salute
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right there man...will make a man cry.....and see that NOTHING in the world matters except the safety of the little ones. :salute
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he will be up and at them in no time shida.
Glad to hear the mrs is good too :aok
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Hi all, again many thanks for the support and congratulations. Here's a picture of the little man as promised:
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P8070055.jpg)
Please don't be shocked at all the tubes etc. remember he is two and a half months early so is effectively in an ICU. He only weighs 820 gramms presently but he's very strong, responsive and calm.
Mother is doing as well as can be expected, me - very busy :lol
We are now living in the Ronald MacDonald house next to the hospital, which is a bizarre story in itself. I'll explain later if I can find the time.
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:salute the little one
PS:so cute
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Crongratulation!!!!
Its good to be a farther! Enjoy it!
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Gorgeous! Love his wee hat! :aok
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Just helps me to type a little bit what happened. Mrs Shida was expecting mid October. I flew to England for the week, my first visit in two and a half years, to see the old country and the family etc. Was also going to meet my friend and squadron mate Danny at the RAF Museum in Cosford. Mrs. Shida was to follow me over for a long weekend and then we would fly back together. Then another six weeks left to work before the three weeks or so waiting time. That was the plan anyway, Mrs. Shida even had a fitness to fly certificate from the baby clinic, as every check up had been absolutely fine.
I arrived in England on Wednesday morning. Returning to my folks house on Thursday afternoon I got the first phone call that something was wrong, that Mrs. Shida's routine check up had revealed a problem and that she was being moved to the VU medical centre at Amsterdam. She told me that they would keep her in hospital until the baby was delivered, which we both thought meant mid October with the limited information we had. I immediately arranged a flight home. By the evening I was Skyping with the Doctors who explained no, the maximum possible time Mrs. Shida would keep the baby inside was two weeks, because her health was threatened also. It was a race, a compromise between the health of baby and Mother. I was told that seven to ten days, maybe two weeks if we were lucky and then the baby had a good chance, any longer and Mrs. Shida would risk organ damage, however each day in the womb was worth three in the incubator. After this conversation I accepted that I would have a premature baby and that I was in the unenviable position of perhaps having to choose between the health of the baby or the Mother, a place no man wants to be.
The next Skype appointment was with the pediatrician, who explained what to expect as a parent of a premature baby. Just at the moment this conversation was concluded, Mrs. Shida later told that five members of staff came into the room and said that the baby was in distress and he was coming out. Now. I got a phone call from the nurse five minutes later, with the seven to ten days still ringing in my head. There was no detail, just that the emergency C-Section was happening right now. My first question was: 'what happened?' there was no information, I had to wait, in England, while Mrs. Shida was rushed on her bed into surgery in Amsterdam a million miles away, clothes being removed as they pushed the bed through the corridor. I dropped my phone, I knew the baby was dead. I had been told seven to ten days and the baby might be alright and then five minutes later he was being taken out. I had to wait an hour, I couldn't sit still, I had to go for a long walk. It was dark, very dark I think it was raining, I can't remember. I knew we'd lost the baby, my thoughts fell to Mrs. Shida, I had to be strong for her, had to calm myself for the horror to come, to help recover from deeply invasive surgery, to grieve for our lost baby. I walked and walked and walked, I couldn't calm myself, all I could achieve was acceptance, this was life, this was nature, this was the nature of things. I remembered that saying, presented often as a prayer, I couldn't remember it accurately but I had the meaning:-
God, grant me the energy to change the things I can, the strength to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.
On that walk I achieved acceptance, some kind of acceptance, even a temporary acceptance, so I could be strong for her, so we could survive this event.
I got back in the hour, to find my Sister-in-law running down the driveway in here bare feet with my phone, it was Mrs. Shida, crying, sobbing, asking if I knew what happened, about the emergency surgery, I knew from her emotions that I was right, the baby was still born. And then she was talking and talking and said: 'I've felt his feet, he's a boy and he's alive'...
...it's been a year now, but no, it was only a week, a week and a day he lives, his lungs begin to work, his digestion begins to work, he sleeps but is responsive, he is strong, has surprised the staff. Every day with no incident is a victory, we pray for boredom.
About life, my biggest lesson from this experience: never worry, never ever worry again, about things, the things one worries about, it is wasted energy, because the big things in life you have to deal with come at you unseen, stalk you at tremendous speed and hit you from the side, taking you out of the world and asking you 'okay, what have you got?'. You realise how strong life can be, and not as the saying goes: 'who your friends are', but rather 'what your friends are'. Even people you don't know, the medical staff who hold the hand of an 800 gram baby, which they don't know, not medical care but care. The volunteers at the Ronald MacDonald house, who look after us, for no pay. Our friends that cook for us, and clear up for us and go to our house and bring things here for us, with thought and care.
Today in an hour I will take his Mother's milk for him again, hold him, watch him. Life, a precious and strong thing.
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About life, my biggest lesson from this experience: never worry, never ever worry again, about things, the things one worries about, it is wasted energy, because the big things in life you have to deal with come at you unseen, stalk you at tremendous speed and hit you from the side, taking you out of the world and asking you 'okay, what have you got?'
Amen! Well said Mr Shida....Im relieved everything is doing well and again to you and Mrs Shida, congrats! :salute
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congratulations shida
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You must be really proud of both of them mate. :cheers:
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oh man......moving to say the least......I am very happy for you and the missus.... :salute
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Cannot begin to imagine how hard it must have been when they were going through that and you miles from them. My father went through a similar situation twice. With both me and my sister.
Its great that they are doing well and I'm sure that everyone here thinks about the three of you often. I know I do.
All the best mate
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Congratulations and best wishes for the little one. :cheers:
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Congrats again shida.
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Congrats nrshida :rock
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Congrats shida. :aok
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He'll be running you off the football field someday, "or whatever you blokes call soccer" :) At 15 or 16yo feeding boys is like feeding a Tyrannosaur.
He's going to be fine Shida, and congrats on your new baby. :aok
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Thank you all. We had a pretty good day! He has started eating a little better, breathing goes well, off the CPEP, and tonight he lay on my belly for two hours. Splendid! In 50 minutes he's ten days old. Just has to keep going like this and he'll be away. Tomorrow I'll go to our house for the first time since this all happened and pick up my copy of Shaw so I can start reading the basics of ACM to him. I figure it's more practical than Beatrix Potter :banana:
Might have to make some wooden blocks for the rudder pedals. About 5 feet should cover it.
Thanks for all your support & comments, we do appreciate it. :salute
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Sir,
I am so glad that this has gone well for you. The coordination piece might take a bit but he will get it down. they say infants are like sponges...
My family and I will pray for further stability in your life. :salute
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Shida I hope that you are happy, you just made a grown man cry. I am happy for you and the Mrs and I :pray that your little one is going to be strong and healty.
LawnDart
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I am now a Father, a little before the expected time because of a fault developing in the placenta, tiny Shida, a boy, was born by C-Section at 28 weeks. He is very small but also very strong. He began breathing by himself immediately and has plenty of energy. He's got a fine pair of legs and has been practising his rudder work a lot. Also dislikes his feeding tube & tries to pull it out. Today he peed on a nurse which was hilarious.
Currently I am living at the hospital with Mrs. Shida as she has of course had surgery so I am able to help her also. See you all again soon,
nrshida :salute
Godbless :rock
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About life, my biggest lesson from this experience: never worry, never ever worry again, about things, the things one worries about, it is wasted energy, because the big things in life you have to deal with come at you unseen, stalk you at tremendous speed and hit you from the side, taking you out of the world and asking you 'okay, what have you got?'. You realise how strong life can be, and not as the saying goes: 'who your friends are', but rather 'what your friends are'.
These are some of the most insightful words of wisdom I've ever read.
Thank you for sharing both your ordeal and your strength with us.
My prayers go out for you, your family and the health of all.
<S>
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Just helps me to type a little bit what happened. Mrs Shida was expecting mid October. I flew to England for the week, my first visit in two and a half years, to see the old country and the family etc. Was also going to meet my friend and squadron mate Danny at the RAF Museum in Cosford. Mrs. Shida was to follow me over for a long weekend and then we would fly back together. Then another six weeks left to work before the three weeks or so waiting time. That was the plan anyway, Mrs. Shida even had a fitness to fly certificate from the baby clinic, as every check up had been absolutely fine.
I arrived in England on Wednesday morning. Returning to my folks house on Thursday afternoon I got the first phone call that something was wrong, that Mrs. Shida's routine check up had revealed a problem and that she was being moved to the VU medical centre at Amsterdam. She told me that they would keep her in hospital until the baby was delivered, which we both thought meant mid October with the limited information we had. I immediately arranged a flight home. By the evening I was Skyping with the Doctors who explained no, the maximum possible time Mrs. Shida would keep the baby inside was two weeks, because her health was threatened also. It was a race, a compromise between the health of baby and Mother. I was told that seven to ten days, maybe two weeks if we were lucky and then the baby had a good chance, any longer and Mrs. Shida would risk organ damage, however each day in the womb was worth three in the incubator. After this conversation I accepted that I would have a premature baby and that I was in the unenviable position of perhaps having to choose between the health of the baby or the Mother, a place no man wants to be.
The next Skype appointment was with the pediatrician, who explained what to expect as a parent of a premature baby. Just at the moment this conversation was concluded, Mrs. Shida later told that five members of staff came into the room and said that the baby was in distress and he was coming out. Now. I got a phone call from the nurse five minutes later, with the seven to ten days still ringing in my head. There was no detail, just that the emergency C-Section was happening right now. My first question was: 'what happened?' there was no information, I had to wait, in England, while Mrs. Shida was rushed on her bed into surgery in Amsterdam a million miles away, clothes being removed as they pushed the bed through the corridor. I dropped my phone, I knew the baby was dead. I had been told seven to ten days and the baby might be alright and then five minutes later he was being taken out. I had to wait an hour, I couldn't sit still, I had to go for a long walk. It was dark, very dark I think it was raining, I can't remember. I knew we'd lost the baby, my thoughts fell to Mrs. Shida, I had to be strong for her, had to calm myself for the horror to come, to help recover from deeply invasive surgery, to grieve for our lost baby. I walked and walked and walked, I couldn't calm myself, all I could achieve was acceptance, this was life, this was nature, this was the nature of things. I remembered that saying, presented often as a prayer, I couldn't remember it accurately but I had the meaning:-
God, grant me the energy to change the things I can, the strength to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.
On that walk I achieved acceptance, some kind of acceptance, even a temporary acceptance, so I could be strong for her, so we could survive this event.
I got back in the hour, to find my Sister-in-law running down the driveway in here bare feet with my phone, it was Mrs. Shida, crying, sobbing, asking if I knew what happened, about the emergency surgery, I knew from her emotions that I was right, the baby was still born. And then she was talking and talking and said: 'I've felt his feet, he's a boy and he's alive'...
...it's been a year now, but no, it was only a week, a week and a day he lives, his lungs begin to work, his digestion begins to work, he sleeps but is responsive, he is strong, has surprised the staff. Every day with no incident is a victory, we pray for boredom.
About life, my biggest lesson from this experience: never worry, never ever worry again, about things, the things one worries about, it is wasted energy, because the big things in life you have to deal with come at you unseen, stalk you at tremendous speed and hit you from the side, taking you out of the world and asking you 'okay, what have you got?'. You realise how strong life can be, and not as the saying goes: 'who your friends are', but rather 'what your friends are'. Even people you don't know, the medical staff who hold the hand of an 800 gram baby, which they don't know, not medical care but care. The volunteers at the Ronald MacDonald house, who look after us, for no pay. Our friends that cook for us, and clear up for us and go to our house and bring things here for us, with thought and care.
Today in an hour I will take his Mother's milk for him again, hold him, watch him. Life, a precious and strong thing.
holy crap dude!! i'd no idea this happened!!
all my best wishes to you, the wife, and your son. you guys are gonna all be ok from the sound of it. if ya need an ear, lemme know.
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Thank you all. We had a pretty good day! He has started eating a little better, breathing goes well, off the CPEP, and tonight he lay on my belly for two hours. Splendid! In 50 minutes he's ten days old. Just has to keep going like this and he'll be away. Tomorrow I'll go to our house for the first time since this all happened and pick up my copy of Shaw so I can start reading the basics of ACM to him. I figure it's more practical than Beatrix Potter :banana:
Might have to make some wooden blocks for the rudder pedals. About 5 feet should cover it.
Thanks for all your support & comments, we do appreciate it. :salute
Sounds like you've got things in hand! :aok Well atleast you have your priorities straight..... :devil
When you need those blocks just give me a shout,but I'm only a hack and slash carpenter.
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