Wednesday, June 4, 2008

On May 31st, 2008 (Saturday) our SON became critical. At 7:30 a.m. in MOAB, at Arches National Park, Shelby experienced pPROM (preterm Premature Rupture Of the Membrane). I rushed Shelby to the Moab Hospital. Here we were given the diagnosis that she would pass the baby in the next 24 hours. At 3:45 p.m. we took the Life Light to Salt Lake and then Ambulanced to St. Mark's Hospital. We spent 2 nights here as the Doctor's and Nurses waited for Boston to pass and be terminated. Shelby is 20 weeks pregnant and this is the usual time to experience PROM. Today's technology isn't capable of saving a child at 20 weeks. The baby has a chance at 24 weeks, but physical difficiencies are eminent. We are home now trying to beat the odds. Normalcy is probable around 32 weeks. We are shooting for 30+ weeks. Boston's life is at the mercy of the Lord and nature. We believe in you Boston and will not quit!

BORN STRONG FOUNDATION

BORN STRONG FOUNDATION
The BORN STRONG FOUNDATION website will be up before the end of July. We appreciate all the support. If anyone would like to order wristbands I will ship them to you. The cost per wristband is $3.00 and the money goes to the foundation. Checks can be made out to Born Strong Foundation.

FLYING FREE

There is a place I call my own
Where i an stand by the sea
And look beyond the things I've known
And dream that I might be free.

Like the bird above the trees
Gliding gently on the breeze
I wish that all my life I'd be without a care
And flying free.

But life is not a distant sky
Without a cloud without rain
And I can never hope that I
Can travel on without pain.

Time goes swiftly on its way
All too soon we've lost today
And I can not wait for skies of blue
Or dream so long that life is through.

So life is a song that I must sing
A gift of love I must share
And when I see the joy it brings my spirits soar
Through the air.

Like that bird up in the sky
Life has taught me how to fly
For now I know what I can be and now my
Heart is flying free.