I’m completely broken – but I know the one who restores. It feels as if my heart is shattered and is just tiny pieces on the floor. Last night my water broke. The last thing keeping Quinn earth side, and me uninfected. I’m truly at a loss for words. Quinn will really be here soon. I’ll get to hold him, and examine every tiny piece of his perfectly formed body. I have a feeling that he will look just like his daddy – just like Kenzi does – the Colwick “Viking” genes have proven to run ... View the Post
Blessed to see another day
Today marks day six in the hospital – technically day 5 – if you don’t count Friday. On Tuesday little Quinn turned 16 weeks old. On January 31st Quinn will be 22 weeks old and have a 10% chance at life outside my womb – but at least there will be a chance. The next milestone after 22 weeks is 26 weeks (February 28th). At 26 weeks his chances of survival jump to around 80%. It’s hard for me to lay here thinking of these dates – the doctors only gave us hours on Friday and yet God has ... View the Post
Quinn’s journey
Here I am, on bed rest – fully by the grace of God – after what I thought was a rocky pregnancy for the first 15 weeks. Since I found out I was pregnant I have been bleeding, just brown spots at first which at 12 weeks turned into massive cramping and bright red blood – leading to several unexpected ER visits and still no answers. At the second ER visit they discovered that I had what is called a subchorionic hematoma – and probably a hemorrhage causing the bleeding but they couldn’t ... View the Post