Day 0

At 12:44am, little Benjamin entered the world in a very tense operating room during an emergency c-section.  The two doctors had over 18,000 deliveries between them, but this little 1 lb 9oz baby was only at 24 weeks gestation and they were doing all they could to deliver him safely.  We heard a few tiny cries, more like mews from a kitten, and then the neonatologist took over and intubated him and worked to stabilize him for a 40-mile journey to Texas Children's Hospital in the middle of the night.  It all seemed like a terrible dream.  All Matt and I could do was hold on to one another and pray that God would take care of our little one.  And He did.