Day 1 Summary

We had a great day yesterday.  Baby Akins has been doing very well.  Erin and I want to thank EVERYONE that has been praying for the baby.  We are certain that your prayers have given her the strength she needs to do so well.  She is 19" long and her diagnostics are looking good.  Her O2 levels are between 87-93% (which is excellent for her condition).  Below is a timeline for last evening, including pictures.

5:05pm: After birth she was immediately given to the NICU at the UofU Hospital where they stabilized her and gave her IVs for medication, fluids, and monitoring.  This process took about 3 hours.

6:30pm: Mom and Dad were relocated from the delivery room to a maternity room.

8:00pm: Mom and Dad were invited to visit the baby in the NICU.  We got our first pictures with the baby and shot a video.  The baby looked great and we got an update from the doctors and nurses there.  Rumors got around that Erin was a "Rockstar" for her quick and flawless delivery.

Here are the videos:

9:00pm: The Life Flight team arrived to transport the baby to Primary Childrens.  This took a while since the team had to reconnect the baby up with different equipment for the trip and they had to be very careful to not move any lines.  Baby got her firs t-shirt, which we were told will be the most expensive t-shirt she will ever have.  The trip to Primary Childrens went well without any issues and Baby enjoyed the ride in her baby-mobile (it's better than the Pope's).

9:30pm: We arrived at the PICU at Primary Children's.  Sam was there for the introductions with the PICU staff and the report-out from the Life Flight team.  Sam had to leave around 10:00 to go home to help Maggie.  Maggie decided it would be a great time to have nursemaid's elbow.  After Sam left, the staff said that Erin could hold the baby (which was unexpected).  The staff took some pictures for Sam:

10:30pm: Erin was out past her curfew, so a nurse brought her back over to the UofU Hosp.  Sam made it home and fixed Maggie's elbow and then drove back to the hospital.