Nikki, Kevin & Seamus have had a beautiful ride, but by no means an easy one. Their support has been noted for all the years since their time when Seamus was born.

After taking all the steps to having the best possible high risk team, things still did not go as planned.

At no fault of ANY of them, they are headed for a not so easy rode. Nikki and Kevin can face ANYTHING together, but we felt if we could take an pressure off of their shoulders, we should ask. Let’s team up and help a beautiful family, during a very hard time.

A Update from Octavio’s mommy..

I realize that I haven’t given an update since last week. Some people didn’t even know I gave birth! It has been very rough. My blood pressure was creeping up but they were able to control it with a lot of medication. My liver enzymes were rising but were ok at the moment. I had an awful bolus of magnesium and on a drip for a miserable 12 hours. This helps with cerebral palsy for the baby. The numbers were looking stable but the preeclampsia was poisoning my body at a steady rate. The upside was the baby’s fluid was good and the Blood flow in the umbilical cord was still good. We thought I had a few more weeks.

On 1/20 my bloodwork said a different story. My platelets (what makes your blood clot) were so low they had to deliver me. They were in a dangerous range. I couldn’t get an epidural or spinal. I was told based on my platelets and the pressure I could possibly not walk out of the hospital or ever again if I received either. I would have to given general anesthesia. Which means Kevin wouldn’t be with me and wouldn’t see the birth of his son. They were concerned about me bleeding and had blood for me at the time of birth in case I needed a blood transfusion. Of course we are scared and devastated. He was exactly 27 weeks for his delivery. On 1/21, the day of delivery I got a wonderful bolus of the evil magnesium (legit feels like your are breathing out fire). Right after the doctor walks in and says your platelets are in the range for a spinal so the decision is yours, Anesthesia or Spnial. I was very confused because I was already scared the crap out of! What happened to you wanting me to walk out of here! We chose the spinal. Plus I was equally as scared of going under and never waking back up.

Octavio’s birth was controlled and calm. Having Kevin by my side made the situation so much better. A different experience than Seamus’ birth which was 10x’s more hectic. I didn’t know how long I had preeclampsia and almost had a stroke.

Octavio is doing as expected in the NICU. There is so much that goes into an update in the NICU. So much to explain. For my sanity I can’t explain it at the moment. A NICU mom of a micro preemie would understand but the common person would get none of it. He is stable and has been in there a week. He just needs to grow right now. NICU life is different with Covid and even harder. Restrictions are already in place. Throw Covid in, it sucks.

I was discharged Monday and have been recovering at home finally. 2 weeks I was not able to hug Seamus. That was torture!

Thank you to everyone who has said prayers, sent love and sent PM’s checking up on us. The support that surround us is so amazing.