The doctors had expected Jan to give birth naturally, but with some inducement and so we went into the hospital on the Sunday afternoon ready for the experience of labour, etc. However after monitoring the baby for some time, there were some concerns about this approach and they recommended that Jan stay overnight and deliver the baby with a C-Section on the Monday morning. This proved to be good advice, since it was discovered that the baby's cord was around it's neck and the natural approach could have had a disastrous result.
So finally at around 1.30pm, Jan gave birth to our first child (at age 42 for both of us!) and Talia Esme entered the world. From my perspective, this was a difficult experience - clearly more so for Jan, however my inability to cope with blood and medical talk meant that watching a baby born in this way was a challenge and the ongoing issues are not easy to cope with. God sustained me through it and Jan did brilliantly as she became a mother for the first time.
It was immediately apparent that Talia still had problems and this was a hard thing to deal with. With both Jan and I and dozens of close friends and family praying for her complete healing and believing for this to take place, we were sure that God would intervene and yet it appeared all the symptoms were still in existance?
Amidst the bad news, we found that a previously diagnosed issue (which was verified in 4 ultrasounds by different doctors) called "double outlet right ventrical" could not be found to exist anymore. This was something very major and was unlikely to ever be able to be resolved. And this was great news, even with the fact that there was still one or more holes in the heart remaining.
And so began the first day of being parents, and trying to understand all the basics whilst dealing with issues that no parent should have to consider - would she make it through the first day?
What was God doing? All we can do is hold on and put Talia in His loving hands...
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