Life of the Rainers

Update

Written on February 8, 2011

Today has been a pretty good day! We continue to be amazed by God's protection through this whole process. We just can't get it out of our heads. We are learning more and more about how serious this situation could have been with my health. We may not understand right now why the outcome couldn't have been different, but we are more than thankful for Will's life and for the protection of my life.

We have tried to have a little closure today (I am not sure if we ever will), but we replayed Sunday in our heads and have talked about all of Will's features we fell in love with the moment we saw him. I was quite sick on the day William was born and a little out of it during the c-section, but Jess keeps reminding me of things so I can remember every detail. We don't ever want to forget how proud we were when we saw Will for the first time. Every feature was perfect - all 5 lbs 2.2 ounces of him, he was 14 inches long, his black hair, his defined lips, his skinny fingers and feet, ect.

We continue to be so blessed with all of the staff here at Baptist. Wow, they have been so good to us. All the specialist have been so understanding and explaining everything so we can best understand everything that happened. Our nurses have been more than wonderful. We have had nurses pray for us, cry with us, sit down and just talk with us, and went over and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. One of the nurses even made sure to be in surgery with me. The OB that performed the c-section stood and held me during my epidural and cried with Jess and my mom before and after. The anesthesiologist held my hand when Will was born and taken to the neonatologist. Oh and he was wonderful too! I could go on and on. So incredibly thankful!!

Baptist was so wonderful in how they treat the babies that have passed away. They provide clothes, blankets, teddy bears, hand and foot prints of the baby, and keep everything for you that might have some type of meaning. They even put a diaper on him. They also take pictures of the baby for you and give you copies and a cd so you will always have those. I wasn't so sure at first, but I am so glad we have those for our memory. They also let you hold the baby anytime you want him day or night. I was very impressed. I was so worried what Will would wear after he was born because I wasn't prepared to have him that day and I didn't think I had anything small enough, but they took care of all that for me. I did have family bring a cute hat I had bought for Will a couple weeks prior and some special blankets to wrap him in.

Thankful for everyone's prayers and encouragement!

Rachel