Another New Beginning...

On Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Michael Thomas Wolski was born at 6 pounds 5 ounces and 18.5 inches. He is doing fine right now.

He was born a few weeks early and, his lungs are not fully mature. After being born, he was flown to Presbyterian - St. Luke's in Denver where he is still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He was taken off of the oxygen a few hours ago and seems to be breathing fine on his own. This is very exciting!

Michael also has a few holes in his heart. One is a VSD that is about 2mm and will probably close on its own. The ASD is 6mm. With his entire heart being the size of his fist and the hole being a bit bigger than his thumb, that's not a small hole. We don't know if it will close on its or if he'll need some sort of operation in the next month or two or maybe in the next year. He'll get another echo in the next few days, and then we'll know more.

Bobbi and her dad joind be in denver yesterday where we are staying the the Ronald McDonald house. It's only about a quarter mile away. Bobbi is recovering pretty well form the delivery and even walks with me back and forth between the house and the hospital. We're not sure how long the baby will be in the NICU, but I plan to return to work on Monday either way.

We should know more tonight. You can find more pics here.