Mason swallowed some amniotic fluid while he was in the birth canal and his little body went into shock. They were having a really hard time getting him to breathe or cry very much. He was just lying ther limp and purple like this. They only let me hold him for about 2 minutes before rushing him off to the nursery. He stopped breathing in the elevator on the way down to the nursery and they had to revive him. They couldn't get the fluid out of his lungs and he wasn't doing very well.
Poor guy, I hated seeing him hooked up to all the monitors. After a few hours Mason wasn't really improving or able to breathe very well so they were about to take him down to the NICU when Chuck and Ron went to give him a blessing. Within minutes of his blessing he was doing tons better and they were able to take him off the machines and give him a bath. The bath helped a lot since he cried so much it helped him get a lot of the fluid out of his lungs.
Poor guy, you can see how bruised he was
Within an hour of his blessing he was doing so much better that they could finally bring him to me. I hadn't really gotten to hold him yet. He hadn't even tried to open his eyes yet but when he heard my voice he opened his eyes for the first time and just stared up at me. I was IN LOVE!!!
They didn't even bring him to me until about 11:00 that night so the kids had to wait until the next day to come and see him. It was Gracie's 3rd birthday and we told her that Mason was her present from Heavenly Father. They were all so in love with him. I especially loved seeing Cayden with him. Cayden is so excited to finally have a brother.
His daddy sure loves him a lot too. He looks exactly like Chuck!
We love our little Mason so much and we are so grateful that he is here and part of our family.
