Hayden was born Oct. 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm weighting 7 lbs 8.7 oz. Hayden was born with a diaphragmatic hernia and hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We were unaware of either of these birth defects prior to his birth. Hayden received his wings Oct 24, 2007 at 10:58 pm, living in this world for only 25 hours and 2 minutes.

Anticipation....

We arrived at the hopital Oct. 23, 2007 at 5:00 am to be induced. Our OB/GYN was going out of town and we decided to induce to avoid having to use another physican that we had never meet. We filled out all the usual paper work, IV's were placed, and the Pitocin was started. We were on our way to meeting this little person that we had been waitng to meet for 38 weeks. I was in labor for 15 hours and was not progressing. Hayden was getting tired and so was I. His heart rate started dropping with each contraction, so our doctor decided it would be best for both Hayden and I to have a C-section.

CODE BLUE....

The nurses got me ready and wheeled to the OR for my C-section. I remember being really cold. As I was lying there, I heard someone say "he's out", but I keep waiting for him to cry. I heard one little moan and then the nurse said, "I am taking him to the nursery". The next words I heard ripped out my heart. Over the loud speaker "CODE BLUE NURSERY". The next thing I remember I was waking up and being taken back to my room. The on call pediatritcian came to talk to us once Hayden was stable. He explained that he had a diphragmatic hernia and that he was on the vent. He said that his blood gases were not good and they were going to send Hayden to the children's hospital to evaluate him for surgical intevention to repair the hernia. He mentioned that on the x-ray his heart was shifted to the right and that they were going to do an echo once he got to children's. At this point I still had hope. After 4-5 hours they finally let me see my little boy. I could not believe he was mine and so beautiful. I feel head over heals. Hayden was transported to children's by ambulane. The weather was to bad for the Angel One helicopter flight. A few hours after Hayden arrived at childrens I got a phone call from the cardiologist.

More Bad News..

The cardiologist informed us that Hayden had hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She said that his lungs were too weak to survive the required heart surgery and that his heart was to weak to survive the hernia repair. The hernia prevented his lungs from forming, his left lung did not work at all and his right only 50%. They flew Hayden back to the hopital I was in. Saying Good-Bye... When Hayden arrived, my husband and I held him for a few hours. All of our family came to see little Hayden and say good-bye, before they ever got to say hello. His heart began to weaken, even with all the meds and the assisstance of the vent. He was chemically paralized to keep him as comfortable as possible. He was taken off life support and passed away peacfully in his daddy's arms