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Continue reading to view our first winners, Simonne, parenting story.
On June 26, 1997 I went into the hospital to have Hannah. Everything in labor went very well nothing out of the ordinary. When Hannah was first born on June 27 she had great apgar scores but everything was about to change.
Hannah was on her way to the well baby nursery with dad following when she stopped breathing. They rushed her to the NICU and after many tests and being seen by multiple doctors they figured out Hannah was born with pneumonia. I was in recovery and had no idea this was going on. Russ stayed as close to Hannah as he could and he waited until he knew what was going on before he came to my room. I was moved to my room and my MIL was already there. About 15 minutes later Russ came in the room with a really weird look on his face and I knew something was wrong. He told me that Hannah had pneumonia and her oxygen saturation was not good.
I was upset not suppose to get out of the bed and I being the new mom and wanting to be near my baby waited till Russ went to the bathroom and I started down the hall to go see my baby. A few minutes later Russ and a nurse brought a wheelchair and took me to my precious girl. Hannah was so sick her color was not good, they were afraid she might have brain damage because her oxygen saturation was still not good. I sat with my baby as long as I could shed many tears and said many prayers because the doctors didn’t think she was going to make it. Her first few days were touch and go she spent 10 days in the NICU on oxygen, antibiotics and mildly sedated. When she came home it was such a blessing it was tough being a new mom with a baby that for a few months was on 2-3 medicines around the clock but by the Grace of God Hannah made it and is a 10 year old gorgeous preteen with no side effects.
Hannah is a excellent softball player and I am so very glad that God let me keep this little piece on heaven on earth with me. I am blessed to have her and I am glad that I went through what I did with her because it made me appreciate her and just how precious she is to me.
Thanks for sharing your touching story of little Hannah with us Simonne! We’re so happy to hear how well Hannah is doing all these years after her shaky start.
