Birth-8/24/17

After a regularly scheduled checkup appointment on Thursday, the doctor feared Stacy might go into labor over the weekend and decided to send us to UM.  At UofM,  Dr. Treadwell  performed a C-section, and on 8/24/17  at 4:27 PM  Mae Pearl Welser was born (21", 10 ponds 4 oz).  Initial evaluation was best case scenario. She was breathing and swallowing well on her own and no  obvious malformations of the head/skull.  Due to these factors, she spent very little time with the neonatologist and was able to be back to Stacy from the NICU within two hours and breast-feeding well. Stacy is doing great. Mae has had the first 48 hours flooded with  appointments/scans/tests by  specialists and medical students.  Besides her typical newborn scan/blood surgar checks/etc,  she has had a cranial ultrasound, geneticists evaluation, Echocardiogram, renal ultrasound, and an MRI.  In spite of all the pre natal diagnosis/birth defects being confirmed (and status the same) we  are all very optimistic that we will be coming home in the next day or so.  The neurosurgeon is awaiting results from the MRI, but is confident that we can delay any procedures/surgeries. We will have our next follow up evaluation with him in 1 month (and the rest of the specialists in 6 months). We are very encouraged about the long term potential outcomes for Mae's health and quality of life! But as we know it now, it is years and years of "wait and see". Thank you for all of your prayers. We know there are so many people more worthy of them. We are overwhelmed by love. It's hard to believe there could ever be anything wrong with baby Mae with how beautiful and perfect she looks right now.