Please help this family!

We have a friend that is going through one of the hardest things a mother could ever go through right now! She delivered her twins at 22 weeks and 3 days last week, and has been dealing with more than any momma should ever have to deal with! She is unable to work right now, and has to drive daily from Chillicothe to Columbus to see her son. Let's all come together and make things a little easier on her. She said the other day that she has to make a decision on whether to pay bills or have gas in her car to go to the hospital. Here is her story......

July 25th i came to Grants L&D. I was expecting them to say everything was ok and send me home. That did not happen! Everything transpired so quickly! One minute im sitting in my triage room waiting for a OB to come see me and the next thing i know my door is never ending on being open and shut with all sorts of different departments. I had the NICU in first, my OB trying to call me, the NICU night physician, and then the OBs and nursing staff for labor and delivery.

I was told i had a bulging sac and that i was officially on bed rest and we was trying to keep me pregnant as long as possible, but delivery is in pending, mean it could happen at any time! They give me a steroid shot to help the boys lungs and started me on Mag for the boys underdeveloped brains. I had antibiotics going and medication to help keep my uterus calm. It was to say the least a crazy night!

In the morning im trying to feel optimistic and that everything was going to be ok! Boy was i wrong! They rounded at about 5-6 am and the plan was to run the Mag till 10a and then move me to a high risk room to keep monitoring me. Well at about 9 am i had to shift off my hip and thats when things got crazy. The new plan after that was to keep Mag running till 3 and re-evaluate the situation. But i could be having a c-section at 3! For reference im now 22weeks and 3 days pregnant our survival odds was 15% at this point. I was trying to keep them in there till 23 weeks because the chances of survival go up even more! Well at about 10:30 i felt something change and called the nurse who comes in and checked me and goes i need to go get the resident. Now im freaking out! The resident comes in and goes ok we are doing this now! Once again my door was ever revolving with a parade of people!

The boys and i was rushed back to the operating room and by 11:59 baby A was born. And one minute later baby B was born. I was so scared and nervous that things wouldnt go well. They were able to get both boys intubated and they seemed to be doing rather well with tolerating everything.

By about 7-8pm my world was crashing! I was rushed up to the NICU to see that baby B wasnt doing well and had to make some hard decisions! I didnt want to say goodbye to my precious baby boy, but i didnt want him to suffer just for me to try for more time that i wasnt going to have! At 9:38pm my baby who was already so loved and most definitely want, was gone! He faught so hard and gave it his all, but he told us he was tired and was ready. I was not however i wanted more time! Lincoln James will forever be my perfect oh so amazing little boy. He will always be with me no matter what.

Now about baby A hes just as important! He did well for the first 24 hours which meant we needed to make it another 24 hours and he did! Then another 24, which hitting those first 72 hours was a big step! Next thing we know he has been fighting and holding and telling us he wants to be here just as much as we want him here! It has now been 8 days and he has had some bumps and scary times, but ever hour hes here is another blessing!!! Samuel Jacob is holding up to the warrior name!