The Tale of Dane's Delivery

"Call me Ishmail. Some time ago never mind the year..." Oh wrong story you wanted Dane's Delivery not Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Just sit right back in that chair right there and I will tell you the tale of Dane's Delivery. It all begins on October 15th 6:00 P.M. in the year of our Lord. We came in and got checked in to room 304. They started the Cervatul (not sure how that's spelled) at 7:00 P.M. and we sat and watched CSI: Miami as we waited. Tonya began to lose her water shortly after 7 and would for the rest of the night. I felt the urge to eat and since Tonya wouldn't be able till after 9 I struck out for McDonalds. After eating as fast as I possibly could while still relaxing I made my way back. We finished CSI around 11:00 P.M. with the general consensus that it was a poor ending to season 6. Neither of us would sleep much because Tonya's IV hurt her constantly, the machine's alarms kept sounding and neither of us were comfortable. At 2:00 A.M. they started Tonya on Petocin which is designed to get her uterus to contract. She began contracting shortly thereafter. Tonya would contract and attempt to get Dane to labor down until around 12:00 when the Doctor Kramer came in and said she could have and epidural since she was now dilated to a 3. The anastiseoligist (Dr. Feelgood) came in to give the epidural but it was a challenge and Tonya endured quite a lot of pain like a pro. I went out to eat lunch and let Tonya rest only to be disturbed by the nurse telling me I needed to come back to the room. Right when I got back to the room Tonya told me that the new shift doctor, Dr. Olehausen, wanted to do a C-Section. He felt that due to the fact that Dane was still a -3 and hadn't moved down any at all he felt he wasn't going to come naturally. We felt that since he was the expert we would let him make the decision. Everyone was shocked by the this Tonya's nurse Karen asked, "what happened I went to lunch and I come back and you're having a C-Section?" We were a little worried but none more than Becky, Tonya's mom and Dane's GiGi. Becky knew all to well that her side of the family produced women that had problems with labor. I think everyone was a little nervous but the staff here at Liberty Hospital is top notch and gave us the up most confidence. I had to wait in the room as they prepped Tonya for the surgery. I offered up a lot of prayers for her, Dane, the doctors and the procedure. Karen, the nurse, came and said she was ready so I shuffled off in my scrubs, booties, hairnet and mask entering a new chapter in my life. I entered into the surgery room with multiple nurses, Dr. Olehausen (who I hadn't even met yet), Dr. Feelgood and his two assistants. I sat next to Tonya's head which was separated from the rest of her body by curtain. My knees knocked and I continued to pray all the while the staff was cracking jokes and trying to set us at ease. Tonya seemed so relaxed it calmed me down and as Dr. Feelgood gave her a shot of the good stuff she looked over at him and said, "you are my best friend right now." One of his assistants made the comment that more people name there babies after there own Dr. Feelgood's that they do the doctors that deliver their babies. Dr. Olehausen laughed at this and his expert hands continued to work. After they delivered him we would later find out that his cord was wrapped around his head twice. This explains why Dane hadn't moved down. I feel that Dr. Olehausen was a blessing from God because he made the decision to do a C-Section much earlier than he normally would for what seems like a hunch. I firmly believe that this hunch was from God. Still I digress, the surgery went off without a hitch and Dane was born at 3:58 P.M. on 10-16-09. I had to resist the urge to ball I was crying so hard. I was so excited to be a father! There isn't adequate words to express the elation I felt at seeing him. The nurse referred to Dane as a young John Stamos and though he won't know who that is I felt honored. Awaiting Dane's arrival were his Grandpa and Nana (my dad and mom), Gigi and Aunt Kaybay (Tonya's mom and sister), Great grandma (my Grandma),Uncle Jason and Aunt April (my brother and sisiter-in-law), Great Uncle Mike and Great Aunt Diane (Tonya's Uncle and Aunt), The Hausners (-Stefanie), Linda Knappenberger and Diana Dobson (Tonya's friends from CDC). Everyone came back to see him and hold him except Linda and Diana. It wasn't long after all the holding that he had to be taken back to the NICU due to some low blood sugar. The IV is taking care of that and he should be out of there by tomorrow.

That is the story of Dane's Delivery I know it is hard to capture the true emotions of it but that's the best I can do.

-Jake