Everyone thinks it's too early to put up a tree, but I say it's never too early to put up your tree and Toby, Elly and Jeewon will agree. I have the Christmas Spirit already, and my first Christmas present was Henry. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
HENRY CHUGG CARLTON, Ruler of Household
I just witnessed the birth of my 3rd grandchild, Henry Chugg Carlton, what an honor to be invited and allowed to see this. A sacred, glorious time when the spirit leaves heaven, and enters into the mortal realm of the human body. The birth was at 1:38a.m., November 13th. Jayni had been having contractions all day, and by evening they were every 5 minutes. They checked in at Davis Hospital, and called us after Jayni had her epidural. We arrived at 11:30 to await this special occasion. Jayni was intensely sick (nauseated) through the last portion of the delivery, but she handled it with grace, using extremely good manners to the nurse and Doctor. When little Henry's head popped through, I was amazed at the miracle of birth. The doctor gently pulled the ambilical cord from around Henry's head and helped the shoulders come through. Henry had very broad shoulders, making it difficult to finalize his birth. The Doctor had Jayni push one last time and that was all that was required. Henry came out lickety split. It all happened to fast, I wanted to savor the miracle a little longer. With Jayni's last push a wave of ambiotic fluid came too, unfortunately Henry swallowed a great deal of this fluid. The doctor said it was like getting dunked in a swimming pool. The doctor hurried and tried to suction all of it out, but to no avail, she handed Henry over to the nursery nurse to put him on oxygen. It was a little intense for a while. I seen Henry struggle for air until they put a tube down his throat to suction all the fluid out of his lungs. The nurse cleaned Henry up and weighed him. He was 7 pounds 10 ounces and measured 20 inches. The nurse wrapped Henry up and gave him to Jayni. Jayni was cleaned up by then looking healthy once again. (with the exception of not being able to move her legs ) Henry was still having trouble breathing, so the nurse took him into the nursery and put him on oxygen. I was concerned, but knew everything would be O.K. We said our goodbye's to Jayni with a hug and a kiss, then Andrew and I had one final peek at Henry before leaving at 2:30a.m. What an eventful night or morning? Though sleep deprived I could not sleep because of the excitement of the thought of having a brand new grandchild, HENRY CHUGG CARLTON!
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