Tag: High-Risk Pregnancy

He’s finally home

Early in the evening on Monday – after spending 136 days in the NICU – we were finally able to bring our baby home!! From late Sunday afternoon through Monday...

Gratitude & prayer journal: 9/7/2023

September 7, 2023; 8:07am I’m grateful for Ronin. He has been a blessing from the very beginning, and this whole journey – including my wearing pregnancy, our discovery of his...

Prayer request

We need prayers for Ronin. Ronin had been doing really well for the last few weeks; growing to 7 pounds, completely off pain meds, and needing very little oxygen support....

40 Days

First off, the amazing news! Another echocardiogram was done within the first few hours of Ronin’s birth. A cardiologist spoke with us yesterday, and now their team is confident that...

He’s here!! Happy birthday, Ronin!

Ronin’s here! He was born on Friday, June 9, via an unplanned c-section. Friday was also my 40th day in the hospital. When I was falling asleep the night before,...

Perfect timing

Good timing is something I’ve always been fairly attuned to. When I’m playing the piano, I can hear good timing in how the keys are struck. In my athletic career,...

Naming Ronin

Over the last few days I’ve been watching Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954), the Japanese film that inspired The Magnificent Seven. I’m not much of a movie person, but with...

Perspective as a choice

It’s been 37 days since my hospital stay started. So crazy to think about. Before this, the longest I’d ever been away from home was probably three days, max. Dallas...