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I dedicate this page to my daughter, Paycence, and I hope you enjoy it too.. I dedicated this page to my daughter for many reasons.I never knew that having a baby of your own can make your life seem so insignificant until that child is born.Knowing that her existence was based upon you willing to share your life and to give unconditional love.Here's how she came to be.
My husband, Larry, and I first met in Hawaii.Him being in the military and I born and raised there, was love at the first phone call..It's cheesy but we talked for 2 weeks first then met eachother, and the weird thing is that an old boyfriend that I did not like so much gave him my number.I guess I gotta thank that guy for something..
Anyway, 2 weeks later we met at Vans, where I was working, and we just hit it off..In the beginning, Larry was a total opposite from me, he liked rap and I did'nt(you catch my drift).After going out for a while, I finally brought him to a family party of mine, and right then my parents knew that this was serious.
You see, I never brought home a boyfriend for them to meet, so this was a first for them. Well, he got along with my friends and my family, especially with my dad, boy you would have thought that they were long lost buddies or something..That same year we got married in front of a judge with only family and friends..Since then,
we've been together for 3 years going on 4 in December..Yes, I can say marriage was hard and still is, we still learn from eachother, and let me tell you a secret that'll make your marriage work a little better, COMPROMISE-COMPROMISE-COMPROMISE!!!Just 2 years ago, we moved, not moved but placed in Fallon, Nevada..Remember,
he's still in the military.I worked for about a year and a half and then Larry and I made a decision that would change our life for the better..We decided to have a child..Me being so 'fertile mertile' got pregnant within a month..We were estatic, Larry came to all my appointments and of course we wanted to know the sex of the baby.
But all the times we had an ultrasound the baby had her legs together, right there I should have known that she was a girl.In May, my grandfather died in Hawaii and so I went there to say good-bye..When I returned and had a doctors appointment that same week he told me no more working because of my blood pressure..This was the sixth
month of my pregnency, so I told him "let me finish the last two working days of this week and I'm done".He agreed, now this was Thursday so I had Friday and Saturday to go.Everything went well for my last two days at work, but when Sunday came it was a whole different ballgame.I was suddenly having backpains and the need to go to the
bathroom alot when I did'nt need to go..I just thought that this was a passing phase..Monday day I was fine, but when Monday night came I got the same symptoms as Sunday night..I could'nt go to sleep, my poor husband, I made him go out and buy me a heating pad for my back, and I still felt nothing help me..At that time Larry was working
at nights, so I called him home at 8:30 and then at 10:30, the nurse on the phone was telling Larry to bring me in..When I entered the hospital, everything went so fast..I changed into a gown, laid on the bed, they started to hook me up to medical devices..Taking my blood presure every half hour, and having these suction cups on my belly,
I could hear her heartbeat..Then the nurses started me on IV and a medicine is called 'magnesium sulfate', which I can say took them tries(ouch), then I could'nt go to the bathroom so then they hooked me up to a cathater.Right then I knew something was majorly wrong..You see, I had toxcemia, that causes your blood pressure to rise very dangerously
high, so high that it can shut down your liver and kidneys, give you convulsions, and put you in a coma..They call it a silent killer, because you can't know if you have it or not..So all that time that I had backaches and having the need to use the bathroom, I was having contactions and I did'nt know it..That 'magnesium sulfite' that they
gave to me is a muscle relaxer, it was supposed to bring my blood pressure down, but it did not..At 4:30 a.m., I finally saw my doctor and he informed me that if my blood pressure does not go down, they would have no other but to deliver this baby..Yes, at only 6 months this baby was going to be born, it was shocking news..All this time, Larry
was worried about me, he called both of our families and told them the situation, I can say that Larry broke down when he spoke to his mother..My situation was not getting better, I remember at 5:30a.m., a nurse gave me a shot of steroids and asked her why, she told me it was for the babys lungs to mature faster, I knew then that this baby
will be born..Being in and out of consciences, I had no time or strenght to react, I felt helpless.The morning came and went then when 2p.m. came, they got me ready for transportation to St.Mary's in Reno..They did not do the procedure at Fallon because they do not have the neonatal facilities for the baby being born so early..From Fallon to
Reno, it takes about and hour, in an ambulance, it was the most bumpiest drive ever..I had a nurse with me, checking my blood pressure now every 15 minutes.We finally got there, checked into my room and 15 mintues later Larry came in holding my hand..This was at 3:30, at 4:00 the anatheologist came in and asked us if I wanted an epudural or to be put
under..At first I wanted to be put asleep, then he told me the risks then I decided on the epudural..When that was in me, they wheeled me to the surgrey room and at 5:04 on June 9th, I heard a cry and saw Paycence, weighing only 2 pounds and being 27 weeks and 4 days..My emotions were out of this world..Life, as I knew it was changed forever..
My surgery went well, but I was still hooked up to the magnesium sulfate, which did not come off until my third day in the hospital..That same day, they moved me to a different room and I finally got to see my daughter for the first time..Let me tell you that it was hard to see her, so frail so tiny..I never felt so much love and compassion for anyone
as I did with her..I went to see her when I could, together Larry and I shared her..She was in the hospital from the day she was born till Augest 19th..When I was finally discharged, it was very hard to leave her there, so everyday I came to see her if I could..All of my husbands friends being so supportive and they even got a collection together
and gave us the money for gas, I thought these people were my angels..Slowly she got better, everyday was a blessing, and I finally got to carry her for the first time, I cried.The last 3 weeks that she was there, I stayed at the Ronald McDonald house in Reno, which was fantastic.I got to see her every hour and still there as long as I can..The nurses
there were great and so supportive..They encourage me to talk to her, touch her and hold whenever she would let me..It was hard not having Larry with me but at the moment you think to yourself nothing matters except your baby.Then in Augest 19th, we got the o.k. to sleep in the hospital with the baby in the same room but having the nurses close by for
any questions..It was great and we loved it..
Although Paycence came home with an oxygen tank, we never needed it..I brought her home weighing 5 pounds. Cherish every moment..
Make your life your happiness..

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