So i went to Florida for the bowl game, finally a win in a bowl game is great, and Baby Ansley decided she didn’t want me to miss her birth.
I flew down Saturday morning excited about lunch at a Thai restaurant in Orlando with my mom, dad. Later on in the afternoon the dr. called Adam and Lora back to inform them that she needed to be admitted into the hospital. She had developed something called HELLP syndrome. They knew that they were going to need to take the baby early so they started giving her steriods so that Ansley’s lungs would develop.
We got Steph a flight down on Saturday for Sunday night and on Monday morning the dr. decided that he needed to take the baby. Lora was the most stable she had been the last couple of days. We knew that Ansley would be small, under 2 pounds, and weren’t sure how healthy she would be or if she would be able to stay at the NICU in Lakeland or would need to be taken to Tampa.
The good news is that she was born at weighing 1 pound 15 ounces and was able to stay at the NICU in Lakeland. She has never had to receive oxygen and is eating great.
Pretty awesome week! TN wins, Fla. loses, and another Mayfield is added to the world.
You can get updates and view pictures here.
3 responses so far ↓
drummerchris // January 8, 2008 at 4:36 am
You had to throw in that bit about Florida losing, didn’t you…………….
ckrauter // January 21, 2008 at 2:02 am
Hey man how are you i totally saw you earlier keep in touch man!
Laura Smith // March 18, 2008 at 3:06 am
Hey Corey, found your blog and just wanted to say Hi. I hope you and your family are doing well. Brian and I now have two little girls and are still in Morristown. Can you believe we are all growing up?!! Kids and all! What an amazing gift.