fifteen precious moments of life
i found out about a week ago that one of my very good friends from high school lost her baby. it was a sad, sad time. i'm not really close to her and her husband (Melissa and Eric), so i didn't find out until last night what really happened.
Melissa and Eric actually started dating in high school. my boyfriend at the time and myself was the two who introduced them. they had been together for 5 years, and finally, they got married in September. i found out in October that she was pregnant. it happened on accident, and they weren't really ready for a baby, but he was on the way. as time went by, they got used to the idea and started preparing for the baby. on Monday (Dec. 26) they took measurements to get ready to start working on the babys room. on Tuesday, she started bleeding. they went to the hospital and the doctors told her she was losing amniotic fluid. so they sent her home to stay in bed and drink fluids to build the amniotic fluid back up. when that didn't work, they sent her to Norton's for more care. they performed some type of ultrasound and found out she had lost more fluid. they were going to send her home again, but she started bleeding again, so they admitted her. finally, all the amniotic fluid was lost. the baby curled up and basically stopped functioning. soon thereafter, she starting gettin sick and running a fever because the baby was gettin sick. as a result, they said they were goin to have to induce labor or there was a chance she could die. they told her the baby would more than likely come out dead. she gave birth to him, but he did come out alive. he was alive for 15 minutes. they named him Meleek Gaige Mitchell. he only weighed 1 lb. 5 oz. and he had really long legs and fingers and blonde hair.
before i found all this information out, i had assumed she had miscarried, but then i saw the obituary for the baby in the newspaper and knew that she had given birth to him. she called me on Thursday and wanted to know if i could help her write a poem for the baby's tombstone. of course, i told her i would help. i went over and visited with her and Eric for awhile. they seem to be doing really good. Melissa said that before the problems the baby was very healthy, but once she had to have him early, the doctors said he could be blind, paralyzed, and several other problems. she said she wouldn't have wanted him to live like that and it must have been meant to be by God. i just hate to see something like this happen to what i see as a happily perfect couple. fortunately, it seems to have made them closer and stronger, so that's a good thing. the doctors told them that what happened to her was a one-in-a-million thing (which is another reason they believe it was meant to be).
i don't know how i would deal with losing a child, especially like that, and her first child. God has definitely given them strength. i told her i felt very touched for her to ask me to write a poem for the baby's tombstone.
Melissa and Eric actually started dating in high school. my boyfriend at the time and myself was the two who introduced them. they had been together for 5 years, and finally, they got married in September. i found out in October that she was pregnant. it happened on accident, and they weren't really ready for a baby, but he was on the way. as time went by, they got used to the idea and started preparing for the baby. on Monday (Dec. 26) they took measurements to get ready to start working on the babys room. on Tuesday, she started bleeding. they went to the hospital and the doctors told her she was losing amniotic fluid. so they sent her home to stay in bed and drink fluids to build the amniotic fluid back up. when that didn't work, they sent her to Norton's for more care. they performed some type of ultrasound and found out she had lost more fluid. they were going to send her home again, but she started bleeding again, so they admitted her. finally, all the amniotic fluid was lost. the baby curled up and basically stopped functioning. soon thereafter, she starting gettin sick and running a fever because the baby was gettin sick. as a result, they said they were goin to have to induce labor or there was a chance she could die. they told her the baby would more than likely come out dead. she gave birth to him, but he did come out alive. he was alive for 15 minutes. they named him Meleek Gaige Mitchell. he only weighed 1 lb. 5 oz. and he had really long legs and fingers and blonde hair.
before i found all this information out, i had assumed she had miscarried, but then i saw the obituary for the baby in the newspaper and knew that she had given birth to him. she called me on Thursday and wanted to know if i could help her write a poem for the baby's tombstone. of course, i told her i would help. i went over and visited with her and Eric for awhile. they seem to be doing really good. Melissa said that before the problems the baby was very healthy, but once she had to have him early, the doctors said he could be blind, paralyzed, and several other problems. she said she wouldn't have wanted him to live like that and it must have been meant to be by God. i just hate to see something like this happen to what i see as a happily perfect couple. fortunately, it seems to have made them closer and stronger, so that's a good thing. the doctors told them that what happened to her was a one-in-a-million thing (which is another reason they believe it was meant to be).
i don't know how i would deal with losing a child, especially like that, and her first child. God has definitely given them strength. i told her i felt very touched for her to ask me to write a poem for the baby's tombstone.