Luke has arrived!

We have been a little crazy here at our house. Everything happened so fast. Please bear with me as I try and document for our family all that has happened. On June 11th, I went to my my Dr. Appt. as normal and found out that I had lost 2 weeks in size. A little alarmed, my dr. sent us in for an ultrasound and stress test. SO Jeff and I headed to the hospital. The little guy looked okay, but was measuring a little small. His stress test was okay so they sent us home. I got a call from Dr . the next day telling me that he wanted me to see a pareantologist. That made me a little nervous. So after getting all the girls off to girls camp Monday morning , Jeff and I headed back to the hospital to see the specialist. Come to find out, our little guy was just not growing. He abdomine was measuring very small. They call it IURG. So, she nicely looked at us and told us we needed to get the baby out. He was better out here than inside me. I was crying and worried to death. Jeff and I ran home and got some things together and back to the hospital we went. By 6:30pm they had me all ready to go. I got my spinal and they let Jeff in. By 7:00 pm our little guy was born. He came out screaming.
Jeff went with him while they stitched me up. Luke Jeffrey was here. He weighed in at 4 lbs. 8 oz. and was 15 inches long. They took him down to the nursery where he ended up needed some help breathing. He ended up with a c-pap on and the littlest iv I have ever seen. Jeff came back upstairs and said he was beautiful. Because of the c-sections I was not able to see my baby until 2:00 am. He was a site for my heart. We were not able to hold him and my arms just ached for him. I felt so helpless as my little boy just lay there. By the next day, he was doing great and they even removed the oxygen and took out he Iv. They started his feedings with a tube down his nose. Well that was too stressful for him. They ended up with iv back in and oxygen in his nose. They told us to expect 1 step forward and 2 steps back. He is doing great. I was released today and felt helpless as I left without my baby. It broke my heart. I hate that he is there and I am home. Soon enough. We went for his feeding tonight and they removed his Iv and he is looking great. I love that when I hold him, he totally calms down. His respitory rates go down. He know that we are there. We don't know when he will get to come home, but he is doing great. Please keep him in your prayers. I am so thankful that he is here. Luke Jeffrey Rasmussen

This is Luke on his C- pap. I will try to post more pictures later. My computer wouldn't let me do more.