My little baby Carter.

i posted this on facebook while carter was still in the hospital.... just to get things crystallll clear. (we all know it's not too reliable to hear things through the grape-vine) haha.... i had carter david pegg on june 30th at 11:39am at dupont hospital in ft wayne by c-section. ...the reason i had him 6 wks early was because an ultrasound showed some fluid around his heart called a paracardial effusion. he was born 6 lb. and 18 in. he was having some breathing problems when he was born so they had to give him a ventilator to help him breathe...which he will eventually not have to be on once his lungs mature properly. and they immediately checked out his heart. the fluid wasn't as bad as they had anticipated so they didn't have to remove any fluid or do any surgeries...yet. they continued to run tests on him to make sure all of his organs were functioning properly. they found a mass in the left ventricle of his heart and they thoughttt it would be a problem but it turns out that it's not a cancerous or malignant mass so as long as it doesn't get bigger or cause any problems with the functioning of his heart...then we have nothing to worry about :) they did some x-rays that showed that his liver and some of his intestines were pushed up above his diaphram whereas they are supposed to be below. they ran some more tests and ended up finding out that he had a diaphramic hernia...(a hole in his diaphram) that's how his liver and intestines got there. so they scheduled for him to have surgery because having those organs in the upper cavity could affect the way that his lungs and heart contract and work. they also found out that his appendix was located on the opposite side it was supposed to be on..so they decided when he had surgery on the hernia...he would also have his appendix removed to avoid future complications. so he had surgery on friday july 2nd around 3pm... where they pulled the liver and intestines down through the hernia into their correct places and stitched up the hernia. they also removed the appendix so that they didn't have to worry about appendicitis or other issues such as his bowel getting twisted and so on... the surgery lasted about 2 hours and it was a greatttt success!! :) we talked to his doctor and everything went perfectly and he's on the road to recovery :D the ventilator that was being used to help him breathe has been reduced greatly and he is breathing basically on his own now :) so he should only have it a couple more days. right now....we are just waiting for him to recover from the surgery so we can hold him for the first time :) oh and btw...i'm fine. the c-section went just as planned...i'm still a little sore but thats about it. :) thank you everyone for your prayers and support through everything...jake and i have really appreciated it. we feel loved ♥ :D -------------**----------------**------------------**-------------------**--------------- good news people :) carter is off the ventilator for good and breathing on his own. jake and i got to hold him for the first time a couple days ago. that was amazinggggg! haha he started feedings the other day and we got to bottle-feed him for the first time :) everything has been going veryyyy well. hopefully get to take him home soon. -----------**--------------**------------------**-------------**--------------**-------- just an updateee. carter is doing veryyyy well! the only thing that we're waiting on is for his feedings to go up. they also have to watch and make sure he is digesting the food okay before we get to take him home. but we're thinking he should be home in a decent time :)