Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving day was so special this year. Cristina started off the week by her water breaking. She went into the hospital but they were trying to get her to postpone giving birth because she was only 32 weeks pregnant. She stayed in the hospital and was not able to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family at the house. Instead after dinner Kayla, Darwin, Nuria(a friend) and I went to bring her some food and her apple pie she had been craving for weeks. We get there and it was fun. We talked and laughed and laughed some more, because I'm funny of course. Right before we left she started to feel a sharp pain in her side. She told the nurse but the nurse said it wasn't contractions. I get a phone call that night from Cristina telling me she was going into labor and she was having a c-section. I was curious as to why she didn't call me after that but I figured she was still sleeping after the surgery. At about 6 am I get a call from the hospital telling me Cristina had been in surgery for the last 5 hours. Of course this is not typical for a c-section so they told me she was having complications due to childbirth. I called my mom immediately and she rushed over to the hospital. I was in a complete panic because I had not idea what was going on. I get a call from my mom telling me Cristina lost a lot of blood during the procedure. He uterus was fused to her placenta and when they tried to remove the placenta she began to hemorrhage. The only way to save her was to remover her Uterus. After a couple of hours the doctors told my mom she was stable and she could see her. She was swollen and exhausted but she was alive. I have no doubt that the Lord was there watching over her. Our prayers were heard and she was okay. She stayed in the ICU for only one day. The next day although she was in pain she was walking and trying to get her strength back. She has been out of the Hospital for the last few days and she looks amazing.

The baby was fine the whole time but he is still in the NICU because he is a preemie. He was only a little over 3lbs. We just need him to fatten up so he can get out and join the rest of this crazy family.

His name is Dominic Joseph Sanders. Our little Thanksgiving baby.