Campbell's Story

I was checked into the hospital and given a ton of medicines to stop the labor and try to keep me pregnant as long as possible. It was a rough week of almost constant laboring, not being able to eat, and very raw emotions. By the next Friday, October 2nd, 2009, my cervix was completely gone. Sean and I knew this was the day our son was to going to be born. We were terrified and hopeful. At 10:09 pm, our son Campbell was born via C section. I heard the tiniest little sound I have ever heard come from his mouth when they pulled him out of me. He sounded like a tiny puppy dog. I remember being so thankful I had at least been able to hear him for a minute.
 
I was wheeled into recovery and so exhausted and out of it that I think I was almost too afraid to ask about our son. Sean got to go see him; they took me back to my room to rest. He had pulled the breathing tube out and was breathing on his own for a little while. The Doctors were amazed at our little boy’s strength. The next day, I finally felt strong enough to get wheeled into the NICU to see my wonderful miracle of a baby. He was a mighty 1 lb 15 ounces and 13 ¼ inches long, but he was the most beautiful thing I had every seen. He was our angel baby.  Sean and I were so scared, but so happy he was breathing and alive and smiling and he was such a wonderful testament to the NICU doctors and nurses.
 
Over the next almost 5 months, Campbell had many ups and downs in the NICU. He had to have a shunt placed due to hydrocephalus and also contracted MRSA in the first few weeks of his tiny life. He had to fight to live and he did. Campbell is still a fighter to this day.   If it wasn’t for the March of Dimes, Campbell would most likely not be here. The March of Dimes provides so much funding for research for premature birth and it will hopefully find a way to stop it completely! Sean and I are forever grateful to anyone and everything that made it possible for our sweet little boy to live. He is now 18 months old and doing wonderfully!