VALOR’S BIRTH STORY
It wasn’t until a friend far away who is not on facebook
commented on Paul’s birthday blog that she was hoping to see some pictures of
the baby, that I realized I haven’t posted about Valor yet.
So for all you non Facebook people and those who found it hard to
read all the short updates on what happened and for those who just want to pictures from the day of his birth this blog is for you. (For all who know the story skip
to the pictures).
The story behind the name. I got the name Valor almost 10 years ago. It came to me while I was teaching second grade from the scripture about the mighty men of Valor. The name William has two meanings, the first is to honor our nephew Wyatt William who went to be with the Lord and the second is since this pregnancy was a surprise to us William broken up stands for the Will (of) I AM.
Here is his story in a nutshell. Valor was so
excited to meet us that he decided he wanted to wave or reach out to hold our hands
while he was coming out. Thus, we had to have a c-section. Two days later,
after having two rapid response teams come to my room and try to figure out what was wrong with me because all my vitals
were bad and my stomach was bigger than I was pregnant, they transferred me to
the ICU and did an exploratory bowel surgery to see if my bowels got nicked during
the C-section. The surgeons were able to find the hole and fix it. We didn't find out till later that if they had waited to two more days it could have been fatal because the infection would have spread through my whole body. The road to
recovery was really hard in the hospital. I didn’t see Dassah and Noah for a
whole week because I didn’t want them to see me with all my tubes , iv’s and
wires. Each day someone would bring Valor to my room to see me. He is such a
healthy and peaceful baby. My parents, Paul’s parents, Susan (Paul’s sister), and my sister Courtney
flew in from Florida to help take care of Valor and the kids while Paul and I
were in the hospital. Our community at
Kingdom Living as well as neighbors and friends helped in a multitude of ways.
I would hear reports of people praying for me from all the around the world. My
Spirit was touched by all the prayers and helped. It wasn’t until the night
before Paul’s birthday, our Messianic Rabbi John came and prayed for me did
things take a turn for the good. The next day on Paul’s birthday, I felt 80%
better. It really was a miracle to me.
I continued to get better and on Monday 2 weeks from when we checked in
I was released. It feels so good to be home. Still lots of recovery and challenges but we
are taking it day by day and thankful for Life.
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| He weighed 8lb. 2oz. and 19inches |
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| After the C-section |
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| Harrison was one of the first to see Valor |
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| The hospital did this. He is truly a Christmas gift from God. |
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| Noah's reaction when we told him we had boy. |
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| Grandpa's reaction to us having another boy. |
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| My friend Maasen surprised me and took these pictures of Valor and I made them into his announcement. |
If you want to see even more pictures of our little cutie, the hospital gave us a link to view the pictures their photographer took. Go to www.bellababyphotography.com . Then go to view pictures. Type in the password 1204valorblake .
